PART 2 ADMINISTRATION Appointment of Commissioner of Cybersecurity and other officers 4.—(1) The Minister may appoint, from public officers or employees of a statutory body under the charge of the Minister — (a) a Commissioner of Cybersecurity; and (b) a Deputy Commissioner and one or more Assistant Commissioners of Cybersecurity, to assist the Commissioner in the discharge of the Commissioner’s duties and functions. (2) The Minister may appoint as an Assistant Commissioner under subsection (1)(b) in respect of a critical information infrastructure — (a) a public officer of another Ministry; or (b) an employee of a statutory body under the charge of another Minister, where that other Ministry or statutory body has supervisory or regulatory responsibility over an industry or a sector to which the owner of the critical information infrastructure belongs. (3) The Commissioner may in writing appoint such number of public officers as cybersecurity officers as the Commissioner thinks necessary for carrying this Act into effect. (4) Subject to any general or special directions of the Minister, the Commissioner is responsible for the administration of this Act, and has and may perform such duties and functions as are imposed, and exercise such powers as are conferred, upon the Commissioner by this Act. (5) The Deputy Commissioner has and may exercise all the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner except those exercisable under section 7 or 9. (6) Subject to such conditions or limitations as the Commissioner may specify, an Assistant Commissioner or a cybersecurity officer has and may exercise all the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner as may be delegated to that Assistant Commissioner or cybersecurity officer in writing, except — (a) in the case of an Assistant Commissioner, those powers, duties or functions exercisable under this subsection, or section 6, 7, 9 or 20(5); and (b) in the case of a cybersecurity officer, those powers, duties or functions exercisable under this subsection, or section 6, 7, 9, 11, 12 or 20(5). Singapore Statutes Online Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018 PDF created date on: 30 Aug 2022