Members are responsible for providing registration or transfer documents for all animals that are registered with AABMGS or sold as eligible for registration with AABMGS. It is the responsibility of the Member selling or transferring the animal to lodge the completed documentation with the Registrar within 14 days of the exchange of ownership of the animal.
If a failure to register/transfer ownership is brought to the attention of the Association, the member will be issued with a warning and seven days to remedy. If not remedied in 7 days the Member will be issued with a breach notice. If not remedied within the time period of the breach notice, the membership of the offending member will be terminated.
If the matter is remedied and a further offence occurs within a six-month period the member will be issued with a breach notice.
A third offence during a twelve-month period will result in automatic termination of membership.
Policy adopted 31 May 2019
Further explanation:
The above policy is intended for situations where the buyer has been unsuccessful in resolving the situation with the seller directly.
Individual situations can be taken into account:
- The buyer may choose not to be a member of the AABMGS. In this case the vendor can just sign the transfer document and provide the paperwork to the buyer
- The vendor and buyer can agree that a goat will be sold without papers.