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Livestock Market and Livestock Assembling Station Regulation (Alta. Reg. 70/2000).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Alberta
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000 (2010)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Transport/storage Animal health Animal welfare
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Entry into force notes
For the purpose of ensuring its revision, this Regulation expires on 30 November 2009.
Abstract

Under this Regulation, a "livestock assembling station" means a stock yard that is operated to assemble livestock for shipment by any form of transportation and includes any premises maintained with respect to the movement of livestock by a common carrier as a convenience to the public, and a "livestock market" means a stock yard that is operated as a public market for the purchase and sale, or either of them, of livestock or for the receiving of livestock by an operator on consignment. The Regulation sets the construction and maintenance requirements (sects. 4-5) and provides for the maintenance of records by these structures and for the inspection of the records. The Regulation also contains provisions on the handling of livestock (sects. 7-8) and on sanitation requirements (sect. 9).

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ab.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Livestock Diseases Act (RSA 2000, c. L-15).

Legislation | Canada | 1980 (2007)

Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Quarantine

Source: FAO, FAOLEX