内政部监管体系修正法案通过，儿童购买彩票禁令将生效

《监管体系（内政部）修正法案》已完成第三次也是最后一次审议，这意味着一项新变更即将生效，以确保儿童无法购买彩票产品，内政部部长布鲁克·范·韦尔登（Brooke van Velden）表示。

该法案旨在通过整理内政部所管理的相关法律，提高部门运作效率。其中发现的一个问题是，《博彩法》中有一条条款实际上导致“18岁以上限制”并不适用于所有彩票产品的购买，从而使儿童可以购买某些产品，例如新西兰乐透公司（Lotto NZ）每周两次的开奖产品。

“这是一个非常简单的修改，但它将确保零售商和消费者对年龄限制有清晰的理解，并确保儿童不会在无意中参与赌博，”她表示。

该法案还修订了30部法律，其中包括：

• 加强内政部与国际执法机构共享信息的能力，以防止包括儿童性虐待材料在内的非法或不良内容在网上传播
• 允许在护照数据遭到泄露时取消护照
• 简化允许机构提供 RealMe 身份验证服务的流程
• 赋予部门更多权力，以防止个人向生育诊所“过度捐赠”
• 通过允许审查办公室（Classification Office）首席及副首席审查官授权职责，提高运作效率
• 通过修改《2017年新西兰消防与紧急事务法》，简化保险行业的征费管理

“该法案中的一系列小幅改动将整体提升部门运作效率，是一次显著的综合改进。我很高兴该法案已在众议院获得全体支持并完成所有立法阶段。”

The Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill has passed its third and final reading, meaning a change will come into effect that ensures children are not able to purchase lottery products, says Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden. 

This Bill seeks to improve the efficiency of the Department of Internal Affairs by tidying up legislation that it administers. One issue that was identified was a section of the Gambling Act that in effect meant that 18+ restrictions do not apply to the purchase of all lottery tickets, allowing children to purchase some products like Lotto NZ’s twice weekly draw.  

“This is a really simple change that will ensure age restrictions are clear to retailers and consumers, and ensure children are not inadvertently allowed to gamble,” says Ms van Velden. 

The Bill also amends 30 Acts, making changes including:  

strengthening the Department’s ability to share information with international law enforcement agencies to prevent the spread of objectionable content, such as child sex abuse material, online  
allowing passports to be cancelled if the data has been compromised   
simplifying the process for enabling organisations to offer the RealMe identity verification service  
giving the Department more powers to prevent ‘over-donation’ by any individual to fertility clinics  
improving the efficiency of the Classification Office by allowing the Chief and Deputy Chief Censor to delegate responsibilities.  
simplifying levy administration for insurers through amendments to the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017  

“The suite of minor changes included in this Bill will help to keep the Department operating efficiently, amounting to a significant improvement taken together. I am pleased it has now passed all stages with full support of the House.”