eID for agricultural shows and events

Key dates

Basic requirements

• Showground property identification code (PIC).
• Sporting event NLIS database account – for recording movements.
• Access to scanning equipment.

Recording movement

When moving stock to and from an agricultural show or event, it is the event organisers' responsibility to scan or manually read tags on electronically identified sheep and goats and record individual movements on the NLIS database.

This includes sheep and goats attending for purposes of display, competition, show, fair, farmyard nursery, sheep dog trials and shearing competitions.

Event organisers must record the movement of animals with eID tags as a 'sighted transfer' on the NLIS database.

A 'sighted transfer' refers to recording the presence of livestock at a specific location, such as a showground, indicating that the animals were 'sighted' on that PIC before their direct return home. This allows for this type of animal movement to be recorded without having a full transfer on and off the PIC on the NLIS database.

The following information must be recorded on the NLIS database within 2 days of arrival at the premises on which an event is held:

• the date of arrival
• the date or dates on which the animals are present at the event
• number and type of animals (sheep or farmed goat) being moved
• the number or code of each animal's eID
• property identification code of the premises of the event.

Animals with visual tags will continue to be recorded as mob-based movements.

See the Meeting NLIS requirements for how to upload eID data to the NLIS database.

Movement documentation

Sheep and goats moving to a South Australian property or location with a different PIC, including a showground or  event, must be accompanied with a valid movement document and sheep must have a National Sheep Health Declaration. Failure to do so is an offence under the Livestock Regulations 2013 and can result in expiation notices and fines.

Event organisers are required to keep a copy of movement documentation for 2 years.

Find out about sheep and goat movement documentation.

Support

The Sheep and goat eID implementation essential equipment rebate (AgShows and Events) is open to assist South Australian agricultural shows and event organisers with the purchase costs of essential equipment required to notify stock movements under the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS).

Organisers of ag shows and events can apply for 75% of the cost of eligible essential equipment.

Essential equipment for an AgShow or Event is a stick reader or wand (up to 1 maximum).

The rebate excludes:

• equipment purchased prior to 8 June 2023
• second hand equipment
• applicators and tags
• weigh crates
• scale indicators
• software
• training
• cost of installation of equipment and/ or retrofitting undertaken by a staff member of the applicant
• structural modifications
• ongoing operational, maintenance or replacement costs for equipment of infrastructure
• any equipment for enhancing performance management (for example: autodrafters)
• freight.

The following information must be recorded on the NLIS database within 2 days of arrival at the premises on which an event is held:

• the date of arrival
• the date or dates on which the animals are present at the event
• number and type of animals (sheep or farmed goat) being moved
• the number or code of each animal's eID
• property identification code of the premises of the event.

Animals with visual tags will continue to be recorded as mob-based movements.

See the Meeting NLIS requirements for how to upload eID data to the NLIS database.

Movement documentation

Sheep and goats moving to a South Australian property or location with a different PIC, including a showground or  event, must be accompanied with a valid movement document and sheep must have a National Sheep Health Declaration. Failure to do so is an offence under the Livestock Regulations 2013 and can result in expiation notices and fines.

Event organisers are required to keep a copy of movement documentation for 2 years.

Find out about sheep and goat movement documentation.

Support

The Sheep and goat eID implementation essential equipment rebate (AgShows and Events) is open to assist South Australian agricultural shows and event organisers with the purchase costs of essential equipment required to notify stock movements under the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS).

Organisers of ag shows and events can apply for 75% of the cost of eligible essential equipment.

Essential equipment for an AgShow or Event is a stick reader or wand (up to 1 maximum).

The rebate excludes:

• equipment purchased prior to 8 June 2023
• second hand equipment
• applicators and tags
• weigh crates
• scale indicators
• software
• training
• cost of installation of equipment and/ or retrofitting undertaken by a staff member of the applicant
• structural modifications
• ongoing operational, maintenance or replacement costs for equipment of infrastructure
• any equipment for enhancing performance management (for example: autodrafters)
• freight.