An Act to provide for the identification and commerce of livestock. The Act contains at the outset a definition clause relating to various terms employed therein, such as “abattoir”, “age brand”, “assured livestock”, “brand”, “cattle”, “community pasture”, “horse”, “identifier”, “inspector”, “livestock”, etc. Section 2 establishes that a person who wishes to register a brand or honorary brand shall apply to the Minister. An application must be in the form prescribed by the regulations and be accompanied with the prescribed fee. The text consists of 103 sections divided into 6 Parts as follows: Livestock brands (1); Livestock transactions and transportation and inspection of livestock (2); Dealing in livestock and livestock products (3); Tribunal and Assurance Funds (4); Miscellaneous (5); Consequential amendments, repeals and coming into force.
Canada · 2006-05-24