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Section 15

Restricted licence

of Digital Signature Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 15 of 88
Section 15
(1)

The Commission may classify licences according to specified limitations including—

(a)

maximum number of outstanding certificates;

(b)

cumulative maximum of recommended reliance limits in certificates issued by the licensed certification authority;

and

(c)

issuance only within a single firm or organization.

(2)

The Commission may issue licences restricted according to the limits of each classification.

(3)

A licensed certification authority that issues a certificate exceeding the restrictions of its licence commits an offence.

(4)

Where a licensed certification authority issues a certificate exceeding the restrictions of its licence, the liability limits specified in Chapter 8 of Part IV shall not apply to the licensed certification authority in relation to that certificate.

(5)

Nothing in subsection (3) or (4) shall affect the validity or effect of the issued certificate.