Admittedly, it was back in the mid 80s when the following occurred but I suspect it is still relevant.
I had just gained my CPL and an friend whom was and still is a practising Lawyer had obtained a set of the then ANOs and ANRs for some reason now forgotten.
He later told me that even as a Lawyer he found some regulations were indeed so difficult that you would have to be a Lawyer to understand them and that even as a Lawyer there were some that he had difficulty in understanding/interpreting them.
He concluded the discussion with the comment that there were more than a few direct contradictions amongst all the legalese.
'' So, a circumstance could arise where there could be a king-sized 'Lawyers picnic' as a consequence?'' I asked.
''Got it in one'' was his reply.
I wonder how much has changed since then.*
*
A rhetorical question actually