The laws are not written to benefit you, anyway. No matter what is said.
And even if they benefit you on paper, and someone in power doesn't want them to, they won't.
And you can have five different police officers deciding what the law is and they will come up with five different conclusions
Just because it shouldn't be happening doesn't mean it won't happen.
It is very much a Murphy's law thing
If it can go wrong, it will.