You are spot on there Jimmy, I suppose the government cannot control everything and cater for every possible scenario. If a lot owner/occupant decides to remove a lock, that is a decision they have made as an individual.
There is always going to be situations that are outside the control of the OC. As long as the OC does their due diligence and installs complying locks by the date in the legislation, that’s all that matters.
Even if the law stipulated that locks are to be ‘non-removable’, someone will always find a way around this. As they say, ‘where there is a will, there is a way’.