Thread: Leaving magazines loaded (legal issues?)

Originally Posted by 199p

This is my understanding remembering the arms code isnt law its more like "best practice" from the police's point of view.

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The Arms Code is an easy to read summary of the Arms Act 1983 which is law. If you handed everyone a copy of the Arms Act I doubt many would read it through. It's pretty wordy.

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Originally Posted by bay_lad

The Arms Code is an easy to read summary of the Arms Act 1983 which is law. If you handed everyone a copy of the Arms Act I doubt many would read it through. It's pretty wordy.

Not quite.

The "Arms Code" is a police document, their version of how they would like the Act and Regulations to be understood

It has no legal standing. What is interpreted in a court of law are acts and regulations...

The NZ police have several times in the past used their document to try and enforce items that are simply not in the act or regulations.

Originally Posted by bay_lad

If you handed everyone a copy of the Arms Act I doubt many would read it through. It's pretty wordy.

The Arms Code is actually longer than the Arms Act 1983 (72 vs 64 pages). However, it does also include information about the Arms Regulations 1992.

If you think the Arms Act is long, try reading HSWA 2015.....