Thread: Who is responsible/accountable??

Originally Posted by zeropak

You might find this info interesting. It is written by a Lawyer who I understand consults to the NZDA.

Section 6 – The police stop your vehicle when you are the driver
- Recent law changes mean that the police have full access and connection between Land
Transport NZ and the Firearms Licencing records.
- If you are stopped by the police, for example driving away from a shooting area, gun range
or hunting ground -
- You must give them your driver’s licence and give them your name, address and date of
birth. Your passengers do not have to give any details or answer any questions at all.
- You do not have to answer any questions about if you have firearms in your car, or any
other surrounding questions at all. In a vehicle you are transporting firearms, you are NOT
carrying them (24 B(1)(b)) (see Section 1 above).
- The police have no right to search your vehicle without evidence that a potential crime
has been committed. Simply adhering to your rights by stating (vii) above, and stating “no
comment” or “there is no legal requirement for me to answer that question”, cannot be a
reason to invoke a warrantless search on your vehicle; this would be an unlawful police
search.
- The police can ask to inspect your firearms and ammunition and where they are kept and
view your security arrangements in your vehicle (24B(1) (d)), but they must give you 7
days notice of their desire to do this (24B (3) (a)).

Yep, they too have to abide by the rules.