Thursday, 11 March 2021, 5:31 pm
An intriguing new report warns that enacting legislation
in code is a risk to the constitutional arrangements of New
Zealand.
Despite that, they argue that two pieces of
legislation currently under review should be drafted in
computer code: the Resource Management Act 1991 and internet
filtering legislation (currently at Select Committee)
.
Increasing use of computer systems to give effect
to law and policy
Domestically and globally,
governments are grappling with how to use regulation to deal
with digital policy issues. They are also increasingly using
computer systems to give effect to regulatory
systems.
This report was prompted by a global movement