This publication provides guidelines to stock and station agents and saleyard operators about complying with the requirements for the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) whenever sheep and goats are sold by public auction in NSW.

These requirements are prescribed under the Stock Diseases Regulation 2009. In summary:

• all sheep and goats must have an NLIS visual tag before they are sold;
• all sheep and goats must be accompanied by a completed NVD or TSS, which lists all of the tag PICs in the consignment, before they are sold;
• sale data must be uploaded to the NLIS database by the next working day.