REPUBLIC OF VANUATU Assent: Commencement: 20/07/2021 22/09/2021 CYBERCRIME ACT NO. 22 OF 2021 An Act to regulate the use of computer systems, programs and data and for related matters. Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows- PARTI 1 PRELIMINARY Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: authorised officer means a police officer appointed as an authorised officer under section 69; authorised representative means: (a) the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director of a service provider or a body corporate of which the service provider is a subsidiary; or (b) __ the Secretary of a service provider or a body corporate of which the service provider is a subsidiary; or (c) an employee authorised, in writing, by the Managing Director or Secretary of a service provider or a body corporate of which the service provider is a subsidiary; child means a person under the age of 18 years; Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Act [CAP 105]; communication means transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by electronic means; computer data includes: (a) data entered or copied into a computer system; and Cybercrime Act No. 22 of 2021 4