Do I need to complete a movement document for all sheep or goats leaving my property to go to a saleyard, a feedlot, an agistment property, a show or another destination with a different PIC?
Yes, all movements require a movement document such as an NVD or a TSS. When you send sheep on agistment the owner or person in charge of the stock at the agistment property is responsible for ensuring the movement is recorded on the NLIS database. The stock owner and the agistee must agree who is in charge of the sheep and therefore who will do the upload. When your sheep return from agistment to the property they came from, it is your responsibility to enter the movement on the database. If stock moving from agistment don’t go back to their original property, the person receiving the stock, i.e. the abattoir, saleyard operator or new owner is responsible for entering this movement on the database. When you send sheep to a show it is also the responsibility of the owner or person in charge of the stock to check that the movement has been recorded on the database, even though show societies are being asked to upload movements for their exhibitors. When your sheep return from a show to
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