Electronic Transactions (Certification Authority) Regulations 2010

Electronic Transactions Act 2010

(Sections 22, 36 and 38)

Electronic Transactions
(Certification Authority)
Regulations 2010

2025 REVISED EDITION

(2 June 2025)

[1 November 2010]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation

1.  These Regulations are the Electronic Transactions (Certification Authority) Regulations 2010.

Definitions

2.  In these Regulations —

“accreditation” means accreditation granted under these Regulations;

“accredited certification authority” means a certification authority that is accredited under these Regulations;

“accreditation mark” means an accreditation mark as set out in the Schedule;

“subscriber identity verification method” means the method used to verify and authenticate the identity of a subscriber;

“trusted person” means any person who has —

(a) direct responsibilities for the day‑to‑day operations, security and performance of those business activities that are regulated under the Act or these Regulations in respect of a certification authority; or

(b) duties directly involving the issuance, renewal, suspension, revocation of certificates (including the identification of any person requesting a certificate from an accredited certification authority), creation of private keys or administration of a certification authority’s computing facilities.