This overall policy objective of this omnibus bill is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulatory systems overseen by the Department of Internal Affairs.
This bill has been accorded urgency in the House. First detected 11 July 2026, 9:21am UTC.
The avenues that remain: petitions to Parliament (including seeking amendment or repeal); consultation on the regulations that often follow an Act, which do carry public submission windows; and the member in charge or your electorate MP on implementation problems — post-passage corrections ride in later amendment bills.
| Stage | Sitting day | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of the whole House | 26 May 2026 | The committee stage of the Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill was completed. source · debate & vote (Hansard) |
| Third reading | 28 May 2026 | The Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill was read a third time. source · debate & vote (Hansard) |
Dates are sitting days as recorded by the Office of the Clerk; a sitting extended under urgency continues under its original day. Readings are decided by party vote: each party casts its members’ votes en bloc (proxies included), so the whole House needn’t be present and individual attendance isn’t recorded — the party-by-party tally for each reading is in that day’s Hansard, linked per stage above.
Members who took a call in this bill’s debates, from our Hansard corpus. Under urgency several bills are often debated together (a “cognate” debate), so speakers may be addressing the group of bills.
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Published 12 Jul 2026, 7:21am UTC (separate from, and later than, the alert timestamp above)
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In short: Sets a minimum age of 18 for buying New Zealand lottery tickets, and lets the Registrar-General omit safety-sensitive information from civil certificates.
“The Registrar-General may, if requested by a person referred to in subsection (1), omit registered information from the certificate if the Registrar-General reasonably believes that inclusion of the information in the certificate would prejudice the personal safety or well-being of—”
“108 Section 301 amended (Age restriction on instant games and similar games)(1) In the heading to section 301, replace “instant games” with “New Zealand lottery”.”
“Section 305(1) applies as if the reference to section 301 were a reference to section 301 as in force immediately before the commencement date.”
“The Chief Archivist may authorise in writing the destruction of a public archive only if the public archive poses a risk to the health and safety of any person.”
“A public record that is sold under section 20(1)(d)—(a) becomes the property of the person to whom it is sold; and(b) ceases to have status as a public record and or to be subject to this Act.”
“In section 3(1), replace “$25,000” with “$100,000 (excluding goods and services tax)”.”
“The Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981 (1981 No 28) is repealed.”
“The Secretary may, for the purpose of this section, disclose any information to an overseas authority—”
Taken under urgency; the compressed timetable limited scrutiny even where a committee stage existed.
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any regulations relating to access to the register
section 27
or by the chief executive under section 52A
declaring members of a class of any of the following to be participating agencies
Classification Office
appointed
(4) The Chief Censor must enter the decision information in the register,— in the case of a decision notified by the Classification Office under section 38(1) or by the Board under section 55(1)(c), within 5 working days after the notification: in the case of a decision by the Classification Office in respect of a film for which a direction is given under section 36(1) or (1A), as soon as is reasonably practicable after the direction is given: in any other case, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the decision is made. (4A) Subsection (4B) applies if,— in respect of a film submitted or referred to the Classification Office under section 12 or 46E(3), the Classification Office or the Board examined the film; and the classification applicant has requested, in writing, to the Chief Censor that registration of the decision information be delayed until a date specified in their request (the specified date). (4B) Despite subsection (4), the Chief Censor must not enter the decision information in the register before the specified date, unless they are satisfied that entry earlier than the specified date is necessary in the public interest.
(3) An application for the leave of the Secretary under subsection (2)(e) must be made in the prescribed manner. (3A) The Secretary must grant an application for leave under subsection (2)(e) unless the Secretary is satisfied that doing so would not be in the public interest.
Appointment
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a body or an organisation
(2) An appointment under this section— takes effect— on the date on which the relevant notice is published in the Gazette; or if a later date is specified in the notice, that later date; and continues to have effect until it is revoked under section 75.
appoint a body or an organisation
may not appoint a body or an organisation
the body or organisation has given, in writing, its consent to the appointment; and
appointing a body or an organisation
appointment
75 Revocation of appointment of labelling body (1) The Minister may, at any time, by notice in the Gazette, revoke the appointment of a body or an organisation as the labelling body. (2) The notice must specify the date on which the revocation takes effect, which must be at least 6 months after the date on which the notice is published in the Gazette. (3) Before making a notice, the Minister must give the labelling body an opportunity to be heard.
Classification Office
Classification Office
section 80(1)
87 Chief Censor may delegate powers and functions (1) The Chief Censor may delegate any of their powers and functions under this Act to— the Deputy Chief Censor, except this power of delegation (but see section 87A); and a classification officer, except the powers and functions under the following provisions: section 13(3): section 22A: section 46G: section 46H: section 46I: section 85: this section: section 150A: clause 2 of Schedule 1. (2) The delegation— must be in writing; and may be made either generally or in relation to a particular case or class of cases. (3) The Chief Censor may impose restrictions or conditions on the delegation. (4) Subject to any restrictions or conditions that the Chief Censor imposes, the person to whom any powers or functions are delegated under this section may exercise those powers or perform those functions in the same manner, subject to the same restrictions, and with the same effect as if they had been directly conferred on them by this Act and not by delegation. (5) A person acting under delegation under this section must, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be presumed to be acting within the terms of the delegation. (6) The Chief Censor may revoke or amend a delegation made under this section at any time. (7) A delegation made under this section— continues in force until it is revoked; and does not affect or prevent the exercise of a power or performance of a function by the Chief Censor. (8) If the Chief Censor ceases to hold office, the delegation continues to have effect as if made by the Chief Censor’s successor in office. 87A Deputy Chief Censor may subdelegate powers and functions (1) The Deputy Chief Censor may, with the prior approval of the Chief Censor, subdelegate specified powers and functions to a classification officer. (2) Section 87(2) to (8) applies, with any necessary modifications, to a subdelegation made under this section as if the subdelegation were a delegation under section 87. (3) In this section, specified powers and functions means powers and functions delegated to the Deputy Chief Censor under section 87(1)(a), but not the powers and functions specified in section 87(1)(b).
Classification Review Board
Classification Review Board
Review Board
child sexual abuse material
The definition of child sexual abuse material is based on the definition of child pornography in Article 2(c) of the Optional Protocol.
child sexual abuse material
child sexual abuse material
child sexual abuse material
the Part set out in Schedule 2A of this Act
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(2) The Classification Office must add details to or update the details in the database of films,— if section 39(4B) of the Act applies, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the Chief Censor enters the decision information in the register under that provision: in any other case, as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a notice under regulation 16(3), 18AA(3), or 18AAD(2) or issuing a direction under section 36 of the Act.
Review Board
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Classification Review Board
residential property means real property that is composed of— 1 or more dwellings; and any appurtenant structure for that dwelling or those dwellings (such as a garage or garden shed); and any other real property or class of real property that is used solely or principally for residential purposes, including the following real properties or classes of real property if used solely or principally for residential purposes: land: an apartment building: a building or part of a building or other immovable structure such as a garage or garden shed: a bridge, a culvert, or a retaining wall and its support system: service infrastructure:. a building or another immovable structure that is used to house service infrastructure (such as a shed housing a pump that supplies drinking water to a house)
appurtenant structure, in relation to a dwelling or dwellings, means a building or another immovable structure, or part of a building or another immovable structure,— that is not part of the dwelling or dwellings; and that is appurtenant to the dwelling or dwellings; and that is used by the owners or other occupants of the dwelling or dwellings for household purposes (such as parking or storage) or for access to the dwelling or dwellings dwelling has the meaning given in section 81A household property— means personal property that— is located in or on residential property; or is usually located in or on residential property but is temporarily removed from the residential property; but does not include property used solely or principally for commercial purposes service infrastructure means a structure or other fixture used to provide water supply, drainage, sewerage, gas, electricity, heating, or telecommunications
household property
residential property
residential property
per dwelling
household property
per dwelling in or on which the household property is, or is usually, located
if the residential percentage of the property is 50% or more,
dwelling
if the residential percentage of the property is less than 50%,
, subject to a maximum of $107.40 per dwelling
or a casino licence
or a casino licence
all gaming machines— under the holder’s control; and in a class 4 venue; and
can each demonstrate that they intend to merge into a single club operating at— a single class 4 venue; and if applicable, 1 or more other venues that are not class 4 venues; and
for the proposed class 4 venue
at that venue
class 4
(4) After adopting, amending, or replacing a policy, a territorial authority must, as soon as practicable, publish it on an internet site maintained by or on behalf of that territorial authority.
New Zealand lottery
Part 1 Transitional provisions relating to Gambling Amendment Act (No 2) 2015
a New Zealand lottery
Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the
publicly notified every week for 3 consecutive weeks
is publicly notified
in a manner specified by the Registrar-General (see also section 128A of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021)
(1C)
or section 60A
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A motion to accord urgency to the following business was agreed to: - the first reading of the Appropriation (2025/26 Supplementary Estimates) Bill; - the introduction and passing through all stages of: - the Taxation (Budget Measures) Bill (No 3); - the Social Security (Modernisation) Amendment Bill; - the Gas (Market Transparency) Amendment Bill; - the third reading of: - the Regulatory Systems (Internal Affairs) Amendment Bill; - the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill; - the remaining stages of: - the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Amendment Bill; and - the Patents Amendment Bill;
