Regulations

The Santa Gertrudis Association maintains a strict set of regulations for Santa Gertrudis breeders.

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Table of Contents

1. Definitions

Appendix Register

means the register maintained by the Association in accordance with Regulation 5.1.

Breeder

in relation to an animal means the owner of that animal’s dam at the time it was born.

Classified S

means an animal which has been entered in the Progeny Register and has been classified purebred and branded S following inspection by a Field Director in accordance with these Regulations.

Classified S- (S Bar)

means an animal which has been entered in the Progeny Register and has been classified Accredited and branded S- (S Bar) following inspection by a Field Director in accordance with these Regulations.

Corporations Act

means the Corporations Act 2001 and any legislation which amends or replaces that legislation.

Date of Sale & Date of Transfer

shall for the purposes of these regulations, be the date of sale or date of transfer set out as such in the transfer submitted to and recorded by the Association.

Entered

in relation to an animal denotes entered in the Progeny Register.

Fire Brand

shall not include freeze branding.

General Manager

shall mean the General Manager appointed by the Council.

Prescribed Fee

means the fee or fees set out in Schedule 4 of these Regulations as varied by the Council from time to time.

Registered

in relation to an animal denotes registration in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register.

Registered Number & Reg. No.

in relation to an animal denotes the number allocated to such animal in the Stud Book.

Assigned Number

means the number assigned to an individual animal by its breeder.

Standard of Excellence

means the standard of excellence for Santa Gertrudis as adopted or modified by the Council from time to time and contained within Schedule 5 to these regulations.

Stud Book Number or S.B. No.

denotes the number allocated by the Association to an animal registered in the Stud Book.

The Progeny Register

means the Progeny Register of the Association and includes purebred males and females (whether single-sire or multiple-bred), third cross females and calves recorded as commercial.

The Stud Book

means the Stud Book of the Association.

These regulations

mean the regulations of the Association from time to time in force.

Words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa; and words importing the masculine gender shall mean and include the feminine gender and neuter gender as the case may require.

Artificial Insemination (AI)

Embryo Transfer (ET)

In Vitro Fertilisation Transfer (IVF)

2. Membership

2.1Applications for membership must be submitted on the Membership Application form together with the prescribed annual subscription fee. The Membership Application Form shall be in accordance with the form contained in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
2.2Applications for membership may be approved by the General Manager subject to approval by the Council at the next Council meeting.
2.3A membership application must include a membership name which may be an individual, partnership or company. At least one (1) authorised signatory must be nominated for each membership.
2.4Upon acceptance by the Association of an application for ordinary membership, the ordinary member so accepted shall be allocated a Stud number. Stud numbers shall not be allocated to commercial members, associate members, or junior members.

3. Prefix, Tattoo & Brand

3.1Every member, before applying to enter a calf in the Progeny Register shall apply to record with the Association:-
a) A prefix, which shall be used as a prefix to and as part of the name of every animal of which the member is the breeder, and which is submitted for entry in the Progeny Register or for registration in the Stud Book.
b) A distinguishing tattoo mark; or
c) A fire brand.
3.2The prefix, the fire brand and the tattoo mark respectively shall be distinctive and shall not so resemble that of any other prefix, fire brand or tattoo mark recorded by any other member of the Association, as would in the opinion of the Council tend to be misleading.
3.3The Council may decline to register any prefix, fire brand or tattoo mark or to record the name of any stud or stud property which, in the opinion of the Council, resembles the prefix, stud name or stud property of some other breeder of stud stock, whether cattle or otherwise and whether in Australia or elsewhere.
3.4No animal shall be entered in the Progeny Register or registered in the Stud Book without the Council having first approved the application by a member to register a prefix, tattoo and firebrand.
3.5In the event that a member advertises and conducts a dispersal sale, that member, or any other member, shall be prohibited from using the prefix, tattoo or fire brand of that member in relation to an application for entry in the Progeny Register or registration in the Stud Book of any animal after the period of ninety (90) days from the date on which the dispersal sale is held. The Council may, on application by any member, extend the period of time referred to in this regulation.

4. Progeny Registration

4.1The Association shall maintain a Progeny Register which will record the following details of all calves entered in the register:-
i) the date of birth;
ii) the sire and dam of the calf,
iii) the identifying prefix, tattoo number and/or fire brand number,
iv) whether the calf was conceived by artificial insemination or embryo transfer or IVF.
v) whether the calf was a twin.
4.2No calf shall be entered in the Progeny Register except pursuant to an application signed or authorised by its breeder.
4.3No calf shall, except with the consent of the Council, be entered in the Progeny Register unless application is made by the breeder of the calf within 12 months of its birth.
4.4Each calf entered in the Progeny Register must:-
(i) if a purebred male or female, be the progeny of a sire registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register and classified S and a dam registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register and classified S or S- (S Bar);
(ii) if a third cross-female, be the progeny of a sire registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register and classified S and a dam the only requirement of which shall be that she be of not lower ranking than second cross.
(iii) if commercial, the entry of an animal in the commercial section of the Progeny Register does not itself qualify the animal as part of a grading up programme.
4.5Where the breeder of a calf submitted for entry in the Progeny Register was not the owner of the dam of the calf at the time she was mated to produce such calf, the application for entry shall be accompanied by written advice from the owner of the dam evidencing the parentage of the calf.
4.6No calf shall be entered in the Progeny Register if of a colour, or showing markings not acceptable to the Santa Gertrudis breed.
4.7Every calf entered in the Progeny Register shall be identified by its Assigned Number either tattooed or fire branded.
4.8No calf shall be entered in the Progeny Register unless the prescribed fee has been paid in respect of each entry. In the event that Council determines to accept for entry in the Progeny Register a calf whose application for entry is submitted more than 12 months after its date of birth, a late fee shall be payable in accordance with the schedule of fees set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.
4.9Progeny of animals with multiple owners will be registered under the progeny breeder’s prefix.

5. Registration in the Stud Book

5.1The Association shall maintain a Stud Book in which shall be recorded all purebred animals which have complied with the qualifications for entry in the Stud Book. In addition, the Stud Book shall contain an Appendix Register comprising three parts in which multiple bred purebred or third cross animals shall be recorded provided they satisfy the qualifications for entry set out in these Regulations.
5.2All entries relating to the Stud Book shall be made or authorised by a Registrar appointed by the Association.
5.3Each animal submitted for registration in the Stud Book (other than the Appendix Register) must be the progeny of a sire and/or a dam each of which is registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register or in some other Stud Book approved for the purpose by the Council and which:-
(i) has been previously Progeny Registered in accordance with these regulations and;
(ii) classified S by a Field Director appointed by the Association or by the Council on an appeal from the decision of a Field Director.
5.4The Appendix Register to the Stud Book maintained by the Association shall comprise three parts and those parts and qualification for entry to them shall be as follows:-
(i) Each animal submitted for registration in this section must be the progeny of a sire and dam each of which is registered in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register and:
(a) is the product of a multiple sire herd run in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations relating to multiple sire herds; and
(b) has previously been classified S by a Field Director appointed by the Association or by the Council on appeal from the decision of a Field Director;
(ii) Each animal submitted for registration in this section must be the progeny of a sire and dam each of which is registered in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register and:-
(a) is the product of a multiple sire herd run in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations relating to multiple sire herds; and
(b) has previously been classified S by a Field Director appointed by the Association or by the Council on appeal from the decision of a Field Director;
(iii) Each animal submitted for registration in this section must be the progeny of a sire which is registered in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register and a dam which is not of less ranking than a second cross female and which:-
(a) has previously been Progeny Registered; and
(b) has been classified S- (S Bar) by a Field Director or by the Council on appeal from the decision of a Field Director;
5.5Every animal submitted for registration in the Stud Book shall be either:
(i) indelibly branded by fire (or such other means as the Council may from time to time approve); and/or;
(ii) permanently tattooed in either ear with its Assigned Number.
5.6An imported animal may be registered within six (6) months of its being landed in Australia and shall not be registered thereafter without the consent of the Council.
5.7Registration of an animal under a particular name may be refused if the name including prefix and including any numeral forming part of the name, shall exceed forty (40) characters.
5.8A name must not be so like the name of another registered animal as to be likely to mislead.
5.9Names of established families or of established studs (whether in Australia or elsewhere) or of celebrated animals (whether in Australia or elsewhere) may only be applied to an animal having some ancestral claim thereto and shall not be used if such use is, in the opinion of the Council, likely to be misleading.
5.10The Council may refuse to allow any name or any prefix or any tattoo mark or any fire brand which, in its absolute discretion, it considers to be misleading, misapplied or contrary to the interests of the members of the Association generally.
5.11The name of an animal shall not be changed after registration in the Stud Book, except with the approval of the Council and upon any change being made in accordance with these regulations, a proper record shall be made by the Registrar in the Stud Book and/or elsewhere, as may be required, in order to avoid confusion.
5.12The prescribed fee shall be paid in respect of each registration.
5.13An ID shall be allocated to each animal registered in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register and the ID so allocated shall be known as the Stud Book number. ID’s shall be allocated using the herd letters allocated to the stud, the year of birth, F or M for sex and the animal’s assigned number and no two animals shall have the same Stud Book number.
5.14Application for registration in the appropriate section of the Appendix Register must be made at the time of classification.
5.15Any application for entry in the Progeny Register or for registration in the Stud Book or Appendix Register or for registration of a prefix, tattoo mark or fire brand shall be rejected if:-
(a) made by a person who is not an ordinary member of the Association;
(b) the Council is not satisfied that the particulars set out in the application are accurate;
(c) such information as may be required by the Council is not supplied to the satisfaction of the Council, or
(d) the applicant has failed or neglected to observe and fulfil all requirements of the Regulations.

6. Deregistration and Deaths

6.1Any animal may upon the written application of its registered owner be deregistered at a specified date by the Council and thereupon the cancellation of such registration as at the specified date shall be recorded in the Stud Book.
6.2The Council may cancel the entry in the Progeny Register and/or the registration in the Stud Book or Appendix Register of any animal if:-
(a) the prescribed fee payable upon any entry registration or transfer or application for transfer of such animal shall not be duly paid; or
(b) the animal be sold, exchanged, leased or otherwise disposed of and if no application for transfer in the prescribed form or Sales Record be lodged with the Registrar or if the prescribed fee be not paid within two months of such disposition; or
(c) by reason of bankruptcy or liquidation or otherwise by operation of law the person registered as the owner of the animal in the Stud Book or entered in the Progeny Register shall be divested of the ownership of the animal.
6.3Deregistration shall not constitute a disqualification from re-registration.
6.4Notice shall be given by the registered owner to the Registrar of the death of any registered animal.

7. Transfer of Animals

7.1Upon the sale, exchange, gift, lease or other disposition of an animal entered in the Progeny Register or registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register shall be lodged by the registered owner with the Registrar an application for transfer in the form set out in Schedule 3 signed by the transferor to be recorded in the records of the Association unless the Transferee shall waive such requirement.
7.2Subject to these regulations, every transfer shall be recorded by the Registrar in the Association’s records.
7.3The prescribed fee in respect of each transfer and the publicity fee set out in Schedule 4 shall both be payable by the transferor and no transfer shall be accepted for registration unless it shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and the publicity fee.
7.4Subject to sub-clause (i) hereof a publicity fee shall be payable to the Association on all bulls and all female cattle sold for breeding purposes calculated at one point one percent (1.1%) (inclusive of GST) of the animal’s sale price provided:-
(i) that no publicity fee shall be payable in the case of a sale:
1. by a member not being a company to a company which is also a member where the transferor controls more than half of the voting power of the transferee company; or
2. by a member being a company to another company which is also a member and which is at the date of the transfer deemed to be related to the transferor by virtue of the provisions of the Corporations Act.
7.5Applications for transfers submitted outside these prescribed limits may be accepted at the discretion of the Council which will also determine what additional fees (if any) shall apply thereto;
7.6(i) Where a transfer submitted for registration is expressed to be by way of lease, the lessee shall at the expiration or sooner determination of the lease submit to the Secretary for registration a transfer of the animal to the Lessor.
(ii) The Council may at any time upon such evidence as to such expiration or determination as it considers sufficient, call upon the Lessee to submit such transfers and if he shall fail to do so, the Council may direct the Registrar to record a transfer and re-register the Lessor as the owner of the animal in place of the Lessee.
(iii) The transfer shall be rejected unless at the time of the transfer the lessor is an ordinary member of the Association.
7.7In the event that a transferor has failed to lodge a transfer within six months of sale lease exchange or gift the Council may authorise the General Manager to sign a transfer of the animal on the transferor’s behalf.

8. Artificial Insemination (AI)

8.Artificial insemination may be practiced subject to the following conditions.

General

8.1Except as is otherwise specifically provided hereunder, in relation to artificial insemination, the rules and regulations governing purebred Santa Gertrudis herds and herds being graded up to purebreds through successive top crosses, shall be the same as the rules and regulations in relation to breeding by natural service.
8.2Application for calf recording of animals produced by Artificial Insemination (AI) shall indicate that the animal was produced by this technology:
(a) animals produced by Artificial Insemination (AI) shall have (AI) appended to their name.
8.3Applications for calf recording of animals produced by Embryo Tranfer (ET) or Invitro Fertilization (IVF) shall indicate that the animal was produced by this technology as the case may be:
(a) animals produced by Embryo (ET) shall have (ET) appended to their name;
(b) animals produced by Invitro Fertilization (IVF) shall have (IVF) appended to their name.
8.4The application for registration of an animal produced by ET or IVF where the donor female is not in the same ownership as the animal to be recorded shall be accompanied by written advice from the owner of the donor females from whom the embryo was purchased.

For Owner/s of Sires

8.5Except as is provided in Regulation 8.7, when artificial insemination is employed in the herd of any given owner or organisation, the males and females must be owned by such owner or organisation. The word “owned” as used in this regulation shall mean that-
(a) the given owner or organisation must be the sole owner of the females;
(b) in respect of any transaction or agreement in relation to a bull entered into prior to 1 July 1986 the given owner or organisation shall be one of not more than four (4) owners of the bull and not more than four (4) owners of the bull shall be registered by the Association;
(c) in respect of any transaction or agreement (other than a transaction or agreement in relation to a bull entered into prior to 1 July 1986) the given owner or organisation shall be one of not more than eight (8) owners of the bull and no more than eight (8) owners of the bull shall be registered by the Association.

The terms “given owner” and “organisation” as used in this regulation shall mean bona fide breeder members of the Association and may not be extended to include organisations whose business is the collection or processing of semen for the purpose of marketing.
8.6Details of sole ownership or part-ownership of a bull to be used for artificial insemination must be recorded with the Association by the submission of written advice in favour of the sole owner or each part-owner. Except in special circumstances and with the approval of the Council, the transfer of ownership or part-ownership of any bull being used for artificial insemination will be limited to once every twelve months if his calves are to be accepted by the Council.
8.7After the death of a bull, the Association will accept transfer of sole ownership or part-ownership, represented by doses of semen collected during the bull’s lifetime, under the same conditions as set out in sub-paragraph 8.3 of this regulation.
8.8The Council may require a bull to be blood typed and/or DNA typed for parentage verification at the cost of the applicant and this to be advised to the Association. Further, the Council may require verification of parentage (either by blood typing or DNA typing) of any calf got by artificial insemination at the expense of the applicant.

Non-Owner/s of Sires

8.9When artificial insemination is employed in the herds of a given owner or organisation and when such owner or organisation is not the owner or part owner of the bull, the following conditions shall apply:-
(i) There shall be no limitation on the number of calves which may be produced provided the member is the sole owner of the females;
(ii) No animal shall be entered in the Stud Book unless the owner of the sire of that animal has authorised the registration;
(iii) The authorisation referred to in Regulation 8.6(ii) shall be in writing and in such manner as the Association may determine;
(iv) Semen from bulls which are deceased may be used provided all other conditions have been fulfilled;
(v) It will be the obligation of the owner to comply with all relevant government health tests.

Imported Semen

8.10In this regulation ‘imported genetic material’ means either semen or embryos imported from outside Australia.
8.11The regulations concerning the use of artificial insemination and embryo transfer shall apply to imported genetic material.
8.12The progeny resulting from the use of imported genetic material shall not be registered in the Stud Book or an Appendix to the Stud Book or the Progeny Register unless the animal or animals providing the imported genetic material have been entered in the Stud Book by the Registrar in accordance with this regulation.
8.13An ordinary member of the Association may apply to have an animal providing imported genetic material approved for entry in the Stud Book. The form of and any fee associated with the application may be determined by the Council.
8.14Upon application being made in accordance with regulation 8.10, the Council shall consider the application and any additional material it considers relevant and shall approve or reject the application. In the event the application is approved the Registrar shall enter the animal in the Stud Book.
8.15Any application for approval will provide the following information, together with any further information required in accordance with regulation 8.14:
(i) A detailed analysis of the animal’s pedigree provided by the Breed Association in the animal’s country of origin;
(ii) Photographic and video footage depicting the animal from front, rear and the side, with the animal both moving and stationary, with emphasis on feet, legs and reproductive organs.
8.16In determining the application for approval, the Council:
(i) May inform itself of any matter concerning the animal it considers relevant;
(ii) May require the applicant to provide information concerning the animal’s pedigree;
(iii) May obtain the opinion of any or all the Field Directors of the Association as to the suitability of the animal for entry in the Stud Book;
(iv) May obtain, at the applicant’s expense, a report of a visual inspection of the animal.
8.17No animal shall be approved for entry to the Stud Book under this regulation unless Council is satisfied that:
(i) The animal is registered as prescribed in the Stud Book of its country of origin; and
(ii) Its pedigree indicates that it has the same level of purebred Santa Gertrudis ancestry as an animal born in Australia and eligible for inclusion in the Stud Book after classification. In making a determination as to the animal’s ancestry for the purposes of this sub regulation, the Council is entitled to disregard the need for classification of the animal’s ancestor where the country of origin of the animal does not utilize the system of classification; and
(iii) The animal is of sufficient quality to be entered in the Stud Book.

9. Embryo Transfer (ET) & In-Vitro Fertilization Transfer (IVF)

9.1Any member producing calves by embryo or IVF transfer or who desires to produce calves by embryo transfer shall, at the request of Council, furnish to the Council all relevant information relating to the practice of embryo transfer being conducted or proposed including, but without being limited to:-
(i) Information as to methods and procedure proposed to be adopted or being adopted.
(ii) The dates or periods of time in which it is proposed to practice embryo transfer.
The dates or periods of time in which embryo transfer has been practised.
9.2Upon application made by a member to enter a calf in the Progeny Register or to enter an animal in the Stud Book or the Appendix Register to the Stud Book, such calf being a product of an embryo transfer programme, the Council may require the subject animal, donor sire, donor dam or recipient dam to be DNA typed for parent verification at the cost of the applicant.

10. Classification

10.1At the request of an ordinary member, a Field Director will inspect and examine cattle nominated by the member for the purposes of determining whether those cattle should be classified as certified purebred or accredited within the meaning of those terms in this Regulation. All cattle presented must, prior to inspection, be entered in the Progeny Register.
10.2(a) (i) Santa Gertrudis cattle submitted to a Field Director of the Association for classification and acceptance by the Santa Gertrudis Breeders’ (Australia) Association as certified purebred or accredited must meet a minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis based to the extent set forth in sub-clauses (ii) and (iii) hereof upon the Standard of Excellence on personal inspection by such Field Director.
(ii) In deciding whether Santa Gertrudis cattle so submitted meet a minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis the Field Director shall have regard to the Standard of Excellence:-
(a) in so far as it prescribes mandatory bases for disqualification;
(b) save as aforesaid as a guide in assisting him to decide whether in the exercise of his subjective judgment cattle submitted for classification meet such minimum standard.
(iii) The Standard of Excellence is not an exclusive code expressing in precise terms the only characteristics for Santa Gertrudis cattle submitted for classification to which the Field Director shall have regard in deciding whether such cattle meet such minimum standard.
(b) Bulls presented by ordinary members for classification must meet the Certified Purebred category to be acceptable. Bulls so classified shall be branded with an S.
(c) Females presented by ordinary members for classification, are divided into two categories
1. Certified Purebred; and
2. Accredited.
Those females classified as certified purebred shall be branded with an S. Those females classified as accredited shall be branded with an S- (S Bar).
10.3The Certified Purebred category represents animals that have four or more top crosses and meet a minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis based on the Standard of Excellence as provided in Regulation 10.2(a).
10.4The Accredited category represents females that have a minimum of three top crosses and meet a minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis based on the Standard of Excellence.
10.5The branding of animals that, in the opinion of the Field Director, meet the Minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis, shall be done in the presence of the Field Director at the time the animals are classified. Males and females that do not meet the minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis shall be rejected. Such animals shall not be branded.
10.6Males and females that do not meet the minimum standard for Santa Gertrudis on the day of classification may, on the recommendation of the Field Director, be held over and be again presented within 18 months or sooner if required by the Council and failing such presentation the animal shall be deemed to be rejected;
10.7Subject to regulation 10.12 cattle which have been rejected by the Field Director shall not be eligible to be again presented for classification provided that, in the event of the member being dissatisfied with the Field Director’s decision he shall have the right of appeal to the Council. Such appeal shall be made in writing to the Council within fourteen (14) days of the animal’s rejection and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee which may be returned to the applicant at the conclusion of the appeal, or may be forfeited as the Council thinks fit. The Council may or may not require that a further inspection of the animal be made and in the event of an inspection being made, the appellant shall be responsible for all costs associated with such inspection. On appeal the Council shall have the same discretions and rights as the Field Director.
10.8Animals presented for classification shall be of a minimum age of 15 months.
10.9The Council may at any time call upon a member to present any animal over the age of fifteen (15) months for classification within a period of 14 days from the date of notification. If the animal is not presented it shall be regarded as rejected unless otherwise determined by the Council;
10.10Before being presented for classification, cattle in all categories must be tattoo marked and/or clearly fire branded with an individual tattoo number and/or the breeder’s registered brand;
10.11The breeder shall be required to prepare a list of the cattle to be presented, in the appropriate categories and showing in numerical order the individual tattoo number carried by each animal.
10.12Not withstanding the provisions of regulation 10.7, a female animal that has been previously rejected by a Field Director may again be presented for classification provided that she has produced two progeny and those progeny are available to be inspected by the Field Director. The Field Director may then, if warranted, classify the animal as Certified Purebred or Accredited or reject the animal.
10.13The following recommendations were made at the Classification Standards Day in March 2012 and were approved by Council at the June 2012 meeting:
(i) White outside of the underline including in front of the front legs and behind the back teats or testicles is cause for rejection. A maximum of 25% of the underline covered in white is acceptable, where a mottled area of white and red is considered as fully white when assessing the total area.
(ii) Where an animal presented for classification clearly meets all breed standards except for a perceived lack of growth, the owner will be given the opportunity to present information that would suggest otherwise.
This may include, but is not limited to:
(i) past environmental influences that have affected performance;
(ii) within herd records;
(iii) objective measurements of weight or growth.
Consideration of this information may be taken into account in determining whether an animal should be classified, but shall in no way fetter the discretion of the Field Director.
(iii) The minimum allowable size of testicles in a bull presented for classification will be:
(i) 15 to 17 months – 31 centimetres;
(ii) 8 to 23 months - 32 centimetres;
(iii) 24 months and over - 34 centimetres;
(iv) Excessive pendulous testicles with little control can be a cause for rejection.

11. Grading-Up

11.1Breeders desiring to following a Grading-Up programme for the purpose of eventually presenting the fourth generation offspring as purebreds acceptable to the Santa Gertrudis Breeders’ (Australia) Association, may do so provided all regulations laid down by the Association are satisfactorily complied with. All breeders who are following a Grading-Up programme, irrespective of whether they have S or S- (S Bar) branded cattle, are affected by such regulations.
11.2Any foundation herd of females of any breed or cross may be used, provided that only Registered or Appendix Registered classified pure bred Santa Gertrudis bulls are used and that the following breeding procedure is adopted:-
11.2a Notwithstanding the provision of regulation 11.2, it is permissible for a breeder to designate as first cross the progeny of a Registered or Appendix Registered classified purebred Santa Gertrudis cow and another breed bull.
S = Registered or Appendix Registered Classified Santa Gertrudis Bull.
11.3Before commencing their Grading-Up programme, a breeder must:-
make application for Ordinary membership with the Association. Grading-Up programmes conducted by Commercial, Associate or Junior members will not be recognised;
11.4Breeders whose Grading-Up programme has been approved by the Association may apply for inspection by an Association’s Official Field Director of second top cross heifers each year or before the time such heifers are placed in the breeding herd and/or to consult with the Field Director regarding their breeding programme.
11.5Commencing with third cross females, an Association Field Director will classify the cattle in accordance with the Standard of Excellence and only those animals which meet the minimum requirements based on this standard will be certified by the Field Director.
11.6Second and third cross females or their progeny will not be eligible for inspection or classification if they are either registered with or have been submitted for registration with any other breed or organisation.
11.7Females at first, second and third cross in Grading-Up programmes shall be branded on the near or off thigh indicating first, second and third cross, as the case may be. A system using the brands 1X, 2X and 3X to designate the first, second and third crosses respectively has been adopted.
11.8Movement of cross bred animals. In order to qualify for a Grading-Up programme in the hands of a new owner cross bred animals must be branded (in accordance with 11.7) and must also be branded with the holding brand of the owner. Each animal sold must be transferred by Sales Record Form from the original owner to the new owner, a copy of which must be forwarded to the Association by the Vendor at the time of transfer. All females from first cross upwards and including foundation herd females certified in calf to a classified pure bred Santa Gertrudis bull to qualify for a Grading-Up programme in the hands of a new owner, must have been part of an approved Grading-Up programme in the hands of the previous owner.
11.9Third cross females shall be eligible for classification only if they have been entered in the Progeny Register in accordance with these Regulations.
11.10Notwithstanding anything contained in this Regulation, Council may, at the request of an ordinary member, designate females as not less than second cross provided, in the opinion of the Council, the following criteria are met:-
(i) The member produces evidence, including relevant documents, that, in the opinion of a Field Director, demonstrate that the member has been utilising classified S bulls to the exclusion of all other entire male animals for a period of at least 10 years.
(ii) That, after individual inspection by a Field Director, the Field Director is satisfied that the cattle to be designated as second cross are of sufficient quality, standard and breed character as to warrant such designation.

12. Accredited Commercial Breeders

12.1A Commercial Member may, should he so elect submit with his application for membership a Stock Return in the prescribed form which shall set out details of his commercial herd showing:
(i) The number of Santa Gertrudis purebred, crossbred or infused breeding females;
(ii) The number of breeding females other than Santa Gertrudis females included under (i), which are being bred or are intended to be bred with bulls listed under (iii);
(iii) The number of Santa Gertrudis purebred, cross-bred and infused bulls together with details of their origin;
(iv) The number of Santa Gertrudis-type calves both male and female;
(v) Such other details or information as the Council may from time to time determine.
12.2A Commercial Member who has elected to furnish a Stock Return may further make application to the Council for recognition as an Accredited Commercial Santa Gertrudis Breeder provided that he shall submit his herd for inspection by an Association Field Director and undertake to pay an inspection fee together with the Field Director’s travelling and accommodation expenses (if any);
12.3Subject to a favourable report by the Field Director, the Council may grant recognition to a Commercial Member as an Accredited Commercial Santa Gertrudis Breeder for a period of one year. At the expiration of the first year and each year thereafter, the Commercial Member must make further application for recognition after which his herd shall be inspected by a Field Director and subject to a favourable report, the Council may grant recognition for another year provided that the applicant shall pay such renewal fee as may be determined by the Council together with the Field Director’s travelling and accommodation expenses (if any);
12.4The Council may withdraw recognition of any Accredited Commercial Santa Gertrudis Breeder at any time and shall not be required to assign any reason for so doing;
12.5The Association reserves the right to inspect, at the breeder’s expense, the herd of any recognised Accredited Commercial Santa Gertrudis breeder at any time;

13. Multiple Sire Herds

The following regulations shall govern the running of Multiple Sire Herds:-
13.1A written statement must be addressed to the SGB(A)A of the Breeder’s intent to run a Multiple Sire Herd, together with a list of the individual numbers of the Classified Bulls to be used, and the individual numbers of the S and S- (S Bar) females running in such herds.
13.2Progeny from Multiple Sire Herds shall be eligible for classification and breeders shall be required to apply for entry in the Progeny Register in accordance with these Regulations and in the appropriate Appendix section of the Stud Book.
13.3Bulls from Multiple Sire Herds classified S and females from Multiple Sire Herds classified S or S- (S Bar) may be used in single-sire or multiple-sire herds and their progeny will be eligible for progeny registration in the usual way.

14. Miscellaneous

14.1No member and no person submitting an animal for entry in the Progeny Register or for registration in the Stud Book or Appendix Register and no owner of any animal registered in the Stud Book or Appendix Register shall use any of the terms defined in these Regulations in respect of animals to which they are not properly attributable.
14.2It shall be the duty of every member to keep proper records of his stud breeding activities and all such records so kept shall be open for inspection by any person authorised by the Council to inspect the same, and any such person shall be at liberty to take such extracts therefrom as he may think fit.
14.3The Code of Practice “offers and sale of interests in cattle genetic material and sale of cattle” adopted by the Australian Registered Cattle Breeders’ Association Inc. shall be incorporated in and form part of these Regulations.