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6Provision of cryptography support services

(1)    In this Part “cryptography support service” means any service which is provided to the senders or recipients of electronic communications, or to those storing electronic data, and is designed to facilitate the use of cryptographic techniques for the purpose of—

(a)    securing that such communications or data can be accessed, or can be put into an intelligible form, only by certain persons; or

(b)    securing that the authenticity or integrity of such communications or data is capable of being ascertained.

(2)    References in this Part to the provision of a cryptography support service do not include references to the supply of, or of any right to use, computer software or computer hardware except where the supply is integral to the provision of cryptography support services not consisting in such a supply.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: see s 16(2).

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