148 No. 4 of 2021] Acceptance of electronic filing and issuing of document Electronic Communications and Transactions 23. A public body that, subject to any written law, accepts the filing of documents, or requires that a document be created or retained, issues any permit, licence or approval or provides for a manner of payment, may, despite anything to the contrary in that law— (a) accept the filing of the document, or the creation or retention of the document in the form of a data message; (b) issue the permit, licence or approval in the form of a data message; or (c) make or receive payment in an electronic form or by electronic means. Requirements for electronic filing and issuing of document 24. A public body may, where that public body performs any of the functions under section 23, specify, in the Gazette, a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Republic or any other form of the public body’s electronic platform— (a) the manner and format in which a data message shall be filed, created, retained or issued; (b) in cases where a data message has to be signed, the type of electronic signature required; (c) the manner and format in which an electronic signature shall be attached to, incorporated in or otherwise associated with, a data message; (d) the identity of, or criteria that shall be met by a designated certification authority used by the person filing a data message; (e) the appropriate control processes and procedures to ensure adequate integrity, security and confidentiality of data messages or payments; and (f) any other requirements for data messages or payments. PART IV NATIONAL PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE National Root Certification Authority 25. For the purposes of this Part, the Authority shall perform the functions of the National Root Certification Authority. Functions of National Root Certification Authority 26. (1) The National Root Certification Authority shall regulate the national public key infrastructure. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the functions of the National Root Certification Authority are to—