Practical Shooting Institute (NZ) Inc v Commissioner of Police - [1992] 1 NZLR 709

Administrative law — Judicial review — Fetter on exercise of discretion — Importation of firearms — Need for police permit to import — Commissioner of Police purported to ban certain classes of weapon absolutely from importation — Whether ban constituted a lawful policy decision — Whether ban constituted fetter on exercise of commissioner's statutory discretion — Arms Act 1983, ss 4, 16 and 18 - The Arms (Restricted Weapons and Specially Dangerous Air Guns) Order 1984 (SR 1984/122).