Thread: Trademe licence glitch

Originally Posted by stug

I talked about this with Robbie Tiffin one day (who was also a lawyer) and I think he said something about the word "order" in the legislation meant there was some legal basis for the police form.

What you "think he said", or even if this was in fact his reasoned "legal" opinion, doesn't make it so! Not even close.
We have a practicing barrister, who specializes in firearms law, that is prepared to argue the opposite on behalf of firearms owners. Mr Tiffin was a firearms retailer who would not have wished to get into any drama with the police as there is no profit to him, but he may well have had a slight conscience over the matter and sought to excuse his compliant actions.