---
title: "Checklist: recording a Queensland livestock movement on the NLIS database"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/nlis-movement-record"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a66-nlis-movement-record"
area_id: "A66"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A66-RO20261022-11"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Checklist: recording a Queensland livestock movement on the NLIS database

> A checklist for whether cattle, sheep, goats or pigs moved between Queensland properties with different property identification codes must be recorded on the NLIS database, and by when.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/nlis-movement-record  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Animal Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when livestock have arrived, or are about to move, between Queensland properties that do not share a property identification code. The page states a 48-hour report. It does not state the number of animals that makes a place registerable.

## Used for these tasks

- [Check whether a livestock movement must be recorded on the identification database](https://ailawframework.com/practice/animal-law.md#A66-RO20261022-11)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the property codes, the species and the arrival time against the NLIS page; the lawyer decides whether this movement must be reported and who reports it.

**AI may:**

- Record the origin and destination property identification codes and whether they differ
- Record the species, the number of animals, and the time they arrived
- Calculate 48 hours from the arrival time the file states, and list a missing device or a missing report

**AI must not:**

- Must not lodge a movement on the NLIS database
- Must not state how many animals make a place a registerable biosecurity entity. The page says a threshold and does not give the number
- Must not order a device. The official order form was not opened

**The lawyer checks:**

- The animals are cattle, sheep, goats or pigs, and the properties have different property identification codes
- Each animal carries an approved device, or will be retagged before it leaves if a device was lost
- The movement is reported to the NLIS database within 48 hours of arrival at the destination
- A device order, if one is needed, is the Biosecurity Queensland form signed by a biosecurity inspector

## Authorities

- [Business Queensland, Livestock owners and the NLIS](https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/animal/nlis/livestock)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/animal-law/nlis-movement-record and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*