Insiza Rural District Council (Control of Livestock) By-laws, 2025

These by-laws control livestock trading and movement in the Insiza Rural District Council area. Commercial buying and selling requires a council permit and must take place at a council-organised sale, with a levy on each animal collected from the buyer.

Livestock may not be moved to another council area without police and veterinary clearance, and the veterinary office may not be approached without a council supporting letter. Where cattle are moved out of the area or for slaughter the council's letter comes first, and the council refuses it where the move appears designed to avoid levies or marketing fees.

Stray stock is impounded and dealt with under the Stock Trespass Act, with unclaimed animals auctioned under that Act.

The permit is priced by user: US$50 a year for a commercial trader and US$5 a session for an individual. Keeping livestock and the movement support letter are free.

Penalties are set only for stray animals found in service or business areas, and are graded by species: US$30 for cattle, US$20 for a donkey and US$10 for a goat. The remaining entries — moving livestock without a supporting letter, reclaiming impounded stock, unreported dehorning or castration, and moving stock on the hoof on roads or council land — are printed as US$0,00.