Personal Data Protection (Do Not Call Registry) Regulations 2013

No. S 709

Personal Data Protection Act 2012

(ACT 26 OF 2012)

Personal Data Protection (Do Not Call
Registry) Regulations 2013

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 65 of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012, the Minister for Communications and Information hereby makes the following Regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal Data Protection (Do Not Call Registry) Regulations 2013 and shall, with the exception of regulations 9 and 11 to 17 and the Third Schedule, come into operation on 2nd December 2013.

(2) Regulations 9 and 11 to 17 and the Third Schedule shall come into operation on 2nd January 2014.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“No Fax Message Register” means the register listing Singapore telephone numbers to which a specified fax message shall not be sent;

“No Text Message Register” means the register listing Singapore telephone numbers to which a specified text message shall not be sent;

“No Voice Call Register” means the register listing Singapore telephone numbers to which a specified voice message shall not be sent;

“register” means a Do Not Call Register called the No Fax Message Register, No Text Message Register or No Voice Call Register, as the case may be;

“relevant telecommunication service”, in relation to a Singapore telephone number in respect of which a subscriber registration application under regulation 3 or a subscriber confirmation application under regulation 5, as the case may be, is made, means the telecommunication service to which the Singapore telephone number is allocated;

“relevant telephone number” means a telephone number notified, from time to time, by the Commission on the specified website for the purpose of receiving a subscriber registration application under regulation 3 or a subscriber confirmation application under regulation 5, as the case may be, in respect of one or more registers;

“SMS message” means a text message that is sent using a short message service;

“specified fax message” means a specified message that is sent, or intended to be sent, to a Singapore telephone number by way of a facsimile transmission;

“specified text message” means a specified message in any text, sound or visual form that is sent, or intended to be sent, to a Singapore telephone number, but does not include a specified fax message or a specified voice message;

“specified voice message” means a specified message that is sent, or intended to be sent, to a Singapore telephone number by way of a voice call or video call using a telephone service, data service or any other electronic means;

“specified website” means the Internet website of the Commission at http://www.dnc.gov.sg.

Made this 21st day of November 2013.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Communications
and Information,
Singapore.

[Y03.002.001.EV30/13; AG/LLRD/SL/227A/2012/5 Vol. 1]

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