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I've suggested numerous times one of the easier ways to address this and split the responsibility and liability evenly among parties. [1] Most importantly, this process needs to be overhauled to keep PII out of the age-check websites. Such websites will be a very tantalizing target for attackers to mass gather credit card numbers.

In my opinion, the UK government is setting itself up for a lot of political blow-back when that site is compromised.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19685800