Digital Infrastructure Bill · As enacted · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Application of Act
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Part 3 (licensing of major foundational digital infrastructure service providers) (except section 14) applies to any provider of a major foundational digital infrastructure service that —
provides the service, whether from within or outside Singapore, to users in Singapore, as described in section 7; or
provides the service wholly or partially from Singapore, to users in or outside Singapore, as described in section 7.
Section 14 (power to obtain information to ascertain if service is major foundational digital infrastructure service) applies to any person (whether located in or outside Singapore) that an authorised officer has reason to believe is providing a foundational digital infrastructure service which may be a major foundational digital infrastructure service.
Subject to subsection (5), Part 4 (licensing of data centre operators) (except section 34) applies to every operator of a data centre located in Singapore, whether the operator is located in or outside Singapore.
Section 34 (power to obtain information to ascertain if facility is data centre) applies to any person (whether located in or outside Singapore) that an authorised officer has reason to believe is operating a structure or group of structures encompassed within a facility in Singapore which may be a data centre.
Part 4 does not apply to —
a data centre operated by the Government and situated within a facility owned or occupied by the Government;
a data centre operated by a public authority and situated within a facility owned or occupied by the public authority;
a data centre operated by an educational institution and dedicated to the support of any research and development activities within the meaning of section 3(1) of the National Research Fund Act 2006, whether or not relating to data centres; or
a data centre operated by a licensee under the Telecommunications Act 1999, Electricity Act 2001 or Gas Act 2001 and dedicated to —
the support of activities that are the subject of the licence of the licensee; and
any other uses that are ancillary to those activities.
For the purposes of subsection (5)(c), “educational institution” means —
the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore established under the Institute of Technical Education Act 1992;
any of the following Polytechnics:
the Nanyang Polytechnic established under the Nanyang Polytechnic Act 1992;
the Ngee Ann Polytechnic established under the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Act 1967;
the Republic Polytechnic established under the Republic Polytechnic Act 2002;
the Singapore Polytechnic established under the Singapore Polytechnic Act 1954;
the Temasek Polytechnic established under the Temasek Polytechnic Act 1990; (vi)any other person whose function of providing polytechnic education is determined by written law; or
any of the following Universities:
the Nanyang Technological University;
the National University of Singapore;
the Singapore Management University;
the Singapore University of Technology and Design;
the Singapore Institute of Technology;
the Singapore University of Social Sciences;
any other person whose function of providing university education is determined by written law.
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Part 2
Administration
Part 3
Licensing of Major Foundational Digital Infrastructure Service Providers
Part 4
Licensing of Data Centre Operators
Part 5
Reconsiderations and Appeals
Part 6
Enforcement
Part 7
Miscellaneous
Part 8
Related Amendments to Cybersecurity Act 2018
Part 9