Moving and exporting livestock

You must take the following steps, as shown in the table below, before you can move livestock within the Northern Territory (NT):

• complete an NT waybill for the consignment of livestock
• have an NT property identification code (PIC) for the property of origin and the destination property
• have a registered brand on cattle more than eight months old
• have an approved National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) device on each animal being moved
• have your animals inspected and treated for cattle ticks if they are moving from either
  • the tick-infected zone to a control or tick-free zone
  • or the Parkhurst tick-infected zoned to the infected, control or free zone
• abide by the livestock welfare and land transport standards.

The table below sets out which requirement applies to your animals.

There are no restrictions on moving crocodiles, honey bees, poultry and pigeons within the NT.