This Act may be cited as the Stock Amendment Act, 1938, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Stock Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Except as provided in subsection seven of this section, no person shall convey any sheep on any highway or on any river, lake, harbour, or other waters within the territorial limits of New Zealand unless he is the holder of a consignment-note in the prescribed form showing particulars of the sheep, the places to and from which, the route by which, and the manner in which they are to be conveyed, and such other particulars as may be prescribed.

Except as provided in the next succeeding subsection, every consignment-note under this section shall be prepared in triplicate, and all three copies shall, before the sheep are removed, be signed by the owner of the sheep, or by his agent duly authorized to consign the sheep, and by the person by whom the sheep are to be removed. One copy of the consignment-note shall be retained by the consignor, one copy shall be retained by the person removing the sheep, and one copy shall be delivered to and retained by the consignee or other person taking delivery of the sheep. On delivery of the sheep at their destination the consignee or other person taking delivery of the sheep shall sign the copy of the consignment-note held by the person delivering the sheep.

Where the sheep are to be delivered by the person removing them to any person employed by the Government Railways Department for consignment by rail, the consignment-note under this section shall be prepared in duplicate, and both copies shall, before the sheep are removed, be signed by the owner of the sheep, or by his agent duly authorized to consign the sheep, and by the person by whom the sheep are to be removed. One copy of the consignment-note shall be retained by the consignor, and the other copy shall be retained by the person removing the sheep. On delivery of the sheep for consignment by rail the person delivering them shall attach to the copy of the consignment-note held by him a copy of the railways consignment-note for the sheep, and he shall keep it so attached for not less than six months after the removal of the sheep.

Every person required to sign a consignment-note under this section in respect of the removal of any sheep by him shall produce the consignment-note for inspection—

Every person required to sign a consignment-note under this section as the consignor or consignee of any sheep shall produce the consignment-note for inspection within twenty-four hours whenever he is required to do so by any of the persons referred to in paragraph (a) of the last preceding subsection at any time within six months after the removal of the sheep.

Every person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine of fifty pounds.

The foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to—

Section two of the Stock Amendment Act, 1930, shall not hereafter apply with respect to the conveyance of sheep.

If any stock are driven, led, or conveyed on any highway or on any river, lake, harbour, or other waters within the territorial limits of New Zealand, or are found in any place used for the sale or exhibition of stock, while the general condition or health of the stock is such as to render them unfit to be so driven, led, or conveyed or unfit to be in that place, as the case may be, the owner of the stock shall be liable to a fine of twenty pounds.

The occupier of every yard or other place at which stock are offered for sale shall keep posted in a clearly legible condition on some building or board in a conspicuous position in connection with the yard or other place a notice setting forth the requirements of the principal Act in so far as they relate to the driving, leading, and conveyance of stock.

Section fifty-three of the principal Act is hereby repealed.