The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: wayfarer on March 07, 2014, 02:44:25 pm
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Each year I get up to 4 lambs to raise for meat. Up to now I have only transported these c50km so I have not had to have a transporter licence. If I had to transport lambs from further afield do I need a transporter licence as this is not a business and do I require any certificates of competence. If I do, how do I get these. I have had a look online but it doesn't seem very clear so I wanted to know what other people thought / do.
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If it is not a business them no you don't but if memory serve me, I think I saw somewhere that you would need the same amount of people as animals... Chances of being caught? Possible but slim
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http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/general/transporting-livestock/ (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/general/transporting-livestock/)
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http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/general/transporting-livestock/ (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/general/transporting-livestock/)
Uh... I couldn't find anything about transporting livestock there, apart from links to the relevant gov't sites ???
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You only need a certificate of competence if the transport is part of a business activity. Any animals for your own freezer won't require one. You do need however apply for a transporter's licence (the one for shorter journeys, less than 6 hours I think), and those should be sent to you from???? can't remember who does them, but probably Animal Health.