Production of identification card by incident response officer
21. Every incident response officer, when exercising any of the powers under this
Part, must declare the incident response officer’s office and must, on demand, produce to
any person affected by the exercise of that power such identification card as the
Commissioner may direct to be carried by the incident response officer when exercising
such power.
Appointment of cybersecurity technical experts
22.—(1) The Commissioner may in writing appoint any of the following as a
cybersecurity technical expert for a specified period to assist any incident response
officer in the course of an investigation under section 19 or 20:
(a) a public officer or an employee of a statutory body;
(b) an individual (who is not a public officer or an employee of a statutory
body) with suitable qualifications or experience to properly perform the
role of a cybersecurity technical expert;
(c) a full-time national serviceman enlisted in any force constituted under the
Singapore Armed Forces Act (Cap. 295) or in the Special Constabulary
constituted under section 66 of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235).
(2) The role of a cybersecurity technical expert is to provide such advice of a
technical nature, as the incident response officer may require in the course of an
investigation under section 19 or 20.
(3) The Commissioner may, for any reason that appears to the Commissioner to be
sufficient, at any time revoke an individual’s appointment as a cybersecurity technical
expert.
(4) The Commissioner must issue to each cybersecurity technical expert an
identification card, which must be carried at all times by the cybersecurity technical
expert when performing the role of a cybersecurity technical expert.
(5) A cybersecurity technical expert whose appointment as such ceases must return
any identification card issued to the cybersecurity technical expert under subsection (4)
to the Commissioner.
Emergency cybersecurity measures and requirements
23.—(1) The Minister may, if satisfied that it is necessary for the purposes of
preventing, detecting or countering any serious and imminent threat to —
(a) the provision of any essential service; or
Singapore Statutes Online
Published in Acts Supplement on 12 Mar 2018
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