Single-point locking
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Single-point locking is a locking system in
Typically, box lockers [1] (that is, with 4 or more tiers) use single-point locking, unless they are ordered with three-point locking as an optional extra, whereas full-length (single-tier) lockers most often come with three-point locking as standard. The reason for this is that, for some situations, single-point locking is considered adequately secure with smaller doors, because those are not so easy to force open than larger doors of otherwise similar design. High-security models of tiered lockers, along with being constructed of thicker steel, may also have three-point locking, however many tiers are involved.
In Australia, cabinets cannot be legally used for storing firearms if they have only single-point locking - three-point locking is required by law, as part of the crackdown on gun storage after the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania.
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