PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. This Act may be cited as the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Administration Body” means the Administration Body appointed under section 9;
“advisory committee” means an advisory committee appointed under section 7;
“Appeal Committee” means a Data Protection Appeal Committee nominated under section 33(4);
“Appeal Panel” means the Data Protection Appeal Panel established under section 33(1);
“appointed day” means the date of commencement of Parts III to VI;
“authorised officer”, in relation to the exercise of any power or performance of any function or duty under any provision of this Act, means a person to whom the exercise of that power or performance of that function or duty under that provision has been delegated under section 8(2);
“benefit plan” means an insurance policy, a pension plan, an annuity, a provident fund plan or other similar plan;
“business” includes the activity of any organisation, whether or not carried on for purposes of gain, or conducted on a regular, repetitive or continuous basis, but does not include an individual acting in his personal or domestic capacity;
“business contact information” means an individual’s name, position name or title, business telephone number, business address, business electronic mail address or business fax
