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BILL NO. 7 OF 2018
A BILL
FOR AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ONLINE SAFETY COMMISSION FOR
THE PROMOTION OF ONLINE SAFETY, DETERRENCE OF HARMFUL
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of Fiji—
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Online Safety Act 2018.
(2) This Act comes into force on a date or dates appointed by the Minister by notice
in the Gazette.
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“adult” means an individual who is 18 years of age or older;
“child” means an individual who has not reached 18 years of age;
“Commission” means the Online Safety Commission established under section
6;
“Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Online Safety Commission
appointed under section 6;