Part 6A Transportation of stock by vehicle

54A   Stock

For the purposes of Part 10A of the Act, the following animals are declared to be stock:

(a)  goats,

(b)  horses.

54B   Other circumstances when restrictions on transport of stock by vehicle on a road do not apply

For the purposes of section 140C (5) (d) of the Act, the following are prescribed as circumstances in which section 140C of the Act does not apply to the transport of stock by vehicle on a road:

(a)  when horses are being transported to or from any agricultural show, exhibition, gymkhana, pony club meeting or similar function,

(b)  when racehorses or harness racing horses are being transported from one place to another,

(c)  when horses are moved to or from any place for use as working horses.

54C   Exemption relating to restrictions on the transport of sheep by vehicle on a road

(1)  An owner of sheep, or person in charge of a vehicle in which sheep are being transported, is exempt from the operation of sections 140B and 140C of the Act to the extent that those provisions require a transported stock statement completed, copied, provided or possessed by the person to contain stock transportation particulars in relation to the sheep of a kind referred to in section 140B (1) (f) and (g).

(2)  This clause ceases to have effect 2 years after the day on which it commences.