1.1   The Association will use the Computer Equivalent Tattoo (CET) system to accurately and permanently identify all animals.  

1.2   Application for registration of Galloway cattle shall only be accepted from Members, Life Members, Junior and School Members of the Association who have paid all fees, levies, penalties, etc. in respect of their herd or any other monies owed to the Association.  

1.3   Each application for registration must be made on an official form supplied by the Association and lodged together with the prescribed fees with the Secretary  

1.4   Should the Secretary question the eligibility of any animal submitted for registration the matter shall be referred to the Committee.  

1.5   The onus shall rest with "members" in all cases of satisfying the Committee of the  
eligibility of animals submitted for registration.  

1.6   Every "member" shall be required to register a stud prefix and tattoo brand. Tattoo brands shall be composed of letters only, no figures, symbols or conjoined letters will be accepted. The number of letters for any new tattoo brand shall be three (3).  

1.7   Registration will be accepted where the animal demonstrates a minimum of 93.75% Galloway or 93.75% Belted Galloway breeding. Pure Bred animals, and their descendants, can never be registered as Full Blood animals. Imported animals that demonstrate a minimum of 93.75% Galloway or 93.75% Belted Galloway breeding will require a pedigree showing five generations of ancestry. Eligibility for registration will require the approval by the Committee.  

1.8   Every animal submitted for registration must be legibly and indelibly tattooed in the ear with the first owner's registered tattoo brand, year identifier and herd number. The Association's official entry forms must be correctly completed  

1.9   The Committee may insist upon inspection of any animal and its sire and dam before granting registration and appoint an inspector to carry out the duty. The expense of the inspection shall be borne by the member.  

1.10   Multiple ownership is acceptable for up to four (4) owners and progeny can be registered by any of the four with their own herd name and tattoo providing they are current members.  

1.11   No animal shall be registered if of a colour or showing markings foreign to the Galloway breed. All animals must be polled (no horns or scurs).  

1.12   Exclusive of stud prefix, length of name shall not exceed fifteen (15) characters, including spaces.  

1.13   The name of an animal shall not be changed after registration without the approval of  
the Committee, except in the case of typographical error.  

1.14   The Committee may refuse to allow any name which it considers too close to that of another animal, or to be misleading in that it gives a false impression of the breeding of the animal, or to be of an objectionable nature.  

1.15   Entries for registration after twelve (12) months from the date of birth of the animal may be approved providing such entries are eligible under requirements for registration and are accompanied by a late fee prescribed by the Committee.  

1.16   No two (2) calves of the same first owner shall be tattooed with the same number.  

1.17   The name and address of the breeder of each animal must be given. The breeder of an animal is the owner of its dam at the time of conception. The first owner is the owner of a calf's dam at the time of calving, except where a dam permit applies.  

1.18   The registration of a calf being the progeny of a sire and/or dam not the property of the breeder of the calf must be accompanied by a sire and/or dam permit, signed by the owner of the sire and/or dam. together with the appropriate fee.  

1.19   All registered Galloway cattle will be issued with a certificate of registration. On this certificate will be permanently and unambiguously printed:  

(i) Name of breeder 
(ii) Name of first owner  
(iii) Stud and animal name 
(iv) Computer Equivalent Tattoo particulars 
(v) Colour  
(vi) Sex  
(vii) Date of Birth 
(viii) Mode of conception - Natural (N), Artificial Insemination (AI) or Embryo Transfer (ET). 
(ix) Whether a twin (T) 
(x) Breeding particulars:  
a] Full Blood (F) - A Full Blood animal is one that qualifies for registration with the Galloway Cattle Society of Australia Inc. at the 1996 Annual General Meeting. A Full Blood animal must be the progeny of Full Blood parents.  
b) Pure Bred (P) - A Pure Bred animal is one that has one or more ancestors that are not Full Blood and has a minimum Grade of 93.75%.  
c] Grade ( %)-The documented percentage of Galloway or Belted Galloway breeding.  
d] Base Animal - A description of the base animal used in a grading-up program. This will be permanently identified on the certificates of recording and/or registration of all descendants. 
(xi) Ancestral code - Identification of animals with or without white, red or belted ancestry.  
(xii) Three generations of ancestry describing CET, name, colour, grade, ancestral and breed codes for each ancestor 
(xiii) Registration certificate. 

1 21   Members must notify the Secretary immediately of the birth of any deformed calf, for the purposes of establishing a diagnosis of any genetic deformity. In the event the diagnosis is tibial hemimelia (TK): 

a) The Committee must be notified immediately. 
b) The parents of any known TH calf must be eliminated. Any as yet unborn or unregistered progeny of those parents will not be eligible for registration. 

1 23   For all DNA tests, the vet collecting the blood sample must identify the animal by reading the tattoo.  

1.24   Belted Galloways bred up from Fullblood Galloways to 93.75% shall become Fullbloods and that their Ancestral Code for Belted Galloways bred up from Fullblood Galloways is to permanently remain to indicate thier Galloway origin.  
  

2. GRADING UP REGULATIONS FOR GALLOWAY CATTLE  

2.1   There shall be a record for animals showing 50% or more and up to 93.75% of documented Galloway breeding.  

2.2   All recorded animals must be polled (no horns or scurs).  

2.3   Recorded animals will be ineligible for showing but will be eligible for participation in Association sponsored sales.  

2.4   If a member can adequately demonstrate that an animal has greater than 50% Galloway or Belted Galloway breeding, then the Committee will have the power to deem at which level these animals are initially recorded.  

2.5   Applications for recording of Galloway cattle shall only be accepted from Members, Life Members, Junior Members, School Members and Commercial Members of the Association who have paid all fees, levies, penalties etc. in respect of their herd or any other monies owed to the Association.  

2.6   Each application for recording must be made on an official form supplied by the Association and lodged together with the prescribed fees with the Secretary.  

2.7   Should the Secretary question the eligibility of any animal submitted for recording, the matter shall be referred to the Committee.  

2.8   The onus shall rest with the member in all cases of satisfying the Committee of the eligibility of animals submitted for recording.  

2.9   Every Member, Life Member, Junior Member and School Member shall be required to register a herd name and tattoo brand. Tattoo brands shall be composed of letters only, no figures, symbols or conjoined letters will be accepted. The number of letters for any new tattoo brand shall be three (3). Commercial members shall be required to register a herd name and tattoo brand in order to record calves.  

2.10   Every animal submitted for recording must be legibly and indelibly tattooed in the ear with the first owner's registered tattoo brand, year identifier and herd number. The Association's official entry forms must be correctly completed.  

2.11   The Committee may insist upon inspection of any animal and its sire and dam before granting recording status and appoint an inspector or inspectors to carry out the duty. The expense of the inspection shall be borne by the member.  

2.12   Exclusive of stud prefix, length of name shall not exceed fifteen (15) characters, including spaces.  

2.13   The name of an animal shall not be changed after recording without the approval of the Committee, except in the case of typographical error.  

2.14   The Committee may refuse to allow any name which it considers too close to that of another animal, or to be misleading in that it gives a false impression of the breeding of the animal, or to be of an objectionable nature.  

2.15   Entries for recording after twelve (12) months from the date of birth of the animal may be approved providing such entries are eligible under requirements for recording and are accompanied by a late fee prescribed by the Committee.  

2.16   No two (2) calves of the same first owner shall be tattooed with the same number.  

2.17   The name and address of the breeder of each animal must be given. The breeder of an animal is the owner of its dam at the time of conception. The first owner is the owner of a calfs dam at the time of calving., except where a dam permit applies.  

2.18   The recording of a calf being the progeny of a sire and/or dam not the property of the breeder of the calf must be accompanied by a sire and/or dam permit, signed by the owner of the sire and/or dam, together with the appropriate fee.  

2.19   All recorded Galloway cattle will be issued with a certificate of recording. On this certificate will be permanently and unambiguously printed: 

(i) Name of breeder 
(ii) Name of first owner 
(iii) Stud and animal name 
(iv) Computer Equivalent Tattoo particulars 
(v) Colour 
(vi) Sex  
(vii) Date of Birth 
(viii) Mode of conception - Natural (N), Artificial Insemination (Al) or Embryo Transfer (ET). 
(ix) Whether a twin (T) 
(x) Breeding particulars: 
a] Grade ( %) -The documented percentage of Galloway or Belted Galloway breeding.  
b] Base Animal - A description of the base animal used in a grading-up program. This will be permanently identified on the certificates of recording and/or registration of all descendants. 
(xi) Ancestral code - Identification of animals with or without white, red or belted  
ancestry.  
(xii) Three generations of ancestry describing CET, name, colour, grade, ancestral and breed codes for each ancestor where documented. 
(xiii) Recording certificate. 

a) The Committee must be notified immediately. 
b) The parents of any known TH calf must be eliminated. Any as yet unborn or unrecorded progeny of those parents will not be eligible for recording. 

3.  PURE BRED MINIATURE GALLOWAY AND BELTED GALLOWAY CATTLE  

3.1   Bulls at 10 to 12 months of age to be no more than 110 cm at hip height; maximum height for showing, at any age, is 125cm at hip.  

3.2   Females at 10 to 12 months of age to be no more than 105 cm at hip height; maximum height for showing, at any age, is 120cm at hip.  

3.3   No dwarfism or malfeatures in skeletal structure will be accepted.  

3 4   Miniature Galloway and Belted Galloway Cattle shall be subject to the Byelaws for Registration of Full Blood and Pure Bred Galloway Cattle and for Grading Up Byelaws for Galloway Cattle.  
  

4.  BELTED GALLOWAYS  

4.1   Application for registration of belted cattle must indicate the presence of white foot, feet or tail tip; black hair patches within the belt area. These mis-markings will be recorded on the pedigree certificate by nominated designators.  

4.2   The Association's policy be that Belted Galloways be shown seperately to solids wherever accepted by Show authorities. They may be shown together at small country shows.  

4.3   Mis-marked Belted Galloways are not eligible for showing  
  

5. WHITE GALLOWAYS  

5.1   Cattle entered in "Section III: White Galloways" of the Canadian Galloway Herd Book shall be eligible for registration by the Australian Galloway Association Inc. as Fullblood White Galloways independent of the number of their documented White Galloway antecedems.  
  

7.  ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION RULES  

The following provisions apply exclusively to the use of Artificial Insemination.  

7.1   (a) "Recorded Owner" in relation to semen denotes a person who is the beneficial owner of semen collected from a bull in Australia or imported into Australia and who is entitled to use such semen in accordance with the byelaws hereafter stated, upon such females beneficially owned by him and registered in the Herd Book.  

(b) For General Use Al Bulls there is not necessarily a recorded owner and there is no sire permit required to register calves from these bulls  

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein contained the Committee may insist upon inspection and/or blood typing/DNA testing of any animal and its sire and dam before granting registration and appoint an inspector or inspectors, and the expense of the inspection and/or blood typing/DNA testing shall be borne by the applicant. 

7.3   The use of semen from an Al bull with a recorded owner will require a sire permit for registration of the progeny by a non-owner. Al bulls for General Use do not require a sire permit for registration of the progeny.  

7.4   The Association shall maintain a register of Al Sires.  

7.5   Importers of Galloway semen into Australia shall give written notice to the Committee of such importation and lodge with the Association such particulars as the Committee may require in regard to:  

(a) The sire from which the semen was collected, including his name, tattoos and brands, the Herd Book in which he is registered and his Herd Book number, his date of birth and his pedigree (comprising five generations) and the source from which such pedigree was obtained.  

(b) Confirmation from the owner of the bull of the right to use and register progeny from the semen.  

(c) A copy of the blood type or DNA results of the bull collected.  
 

The following provisions apply exclusively to the use of Embryo Transplant:-  

8.1   Host cow/s which are used for the purpose of incubating a fertilised ovum shall be identified with a tattoo or brand.  

8.2   All details relating to identification of donor cows and host cows together with any results of pregnancy tests on host cows and insemination certificates when artificial insemination is used, shall be maintained and made available to the Association if required by the Committee when registration for the progeny is sought.  

8.3   Subject to the Byelaws of the Association and to such regulations of Federal and State Government Departments as may exist from time to time, calves born from embryo transplants shall be eligible for recording and registration by the Association.  

8.4   All eligible progeny got by Embryo Transplant shall be so indicated in the Herd Book and Calf Register by placing the letters ET in the appropriate place on the Application for Registration form and will be on the Registration Certificate.  

8.5   Animals got by Embryo Transplant from sires and dams not owned by the person registering the calves shall require an Embryo Permit from the registered owners at the time of registration.  

8.6   An Embryo Permit shall be made available by the vendor at the time of sale for registration and transfer indicating ownership. This permit will include the pedigree information, date of collection and other pertinent information.  

8.7   Imported Embryos - in order to register progeny from imported embryos the following must be considered:-  

- the sire and dam must be eligible for registration in Australia  

- a copy of the blood type or DNA results of the parents of the embryo must be sent to the Association when applying to register the progeny.