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6 PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement

1. This Act is the Public Order and Safety (Special Powers) Act 2018 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.

General interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

"activation order" means an order under section 8(1);

"autonomous system", for a motor vehicle or vessel, means a system that enables the operation of the motor vehicle or vessel without the active physical control of, or monitoring by, a human operator;

"autonomous vehicle" means a motor vehicle equipped wholly or substantially with an autonomous system (also commonly known as a driverless vehicle), and includes a trailer drawn by such a motor vehicle;

"civilian assistant" means an individual who is not a serviceman, law enforcement officer or police officer, and who acts on the direction and in aid of a police officer granted a special authorisation;

"Commissioner" means a public officer who is appointed under section 6(1) of the Police Force Act (Cap. 235) as the Commissioner of Police, and includes a police officer who is for the time being appointed under that provision to execute the duties of that office;

"communicate", for a film, text message, sound recording or picture, means to transmit by any means (whether over a path provided by a material substance or by wireless means or otherwise) the film, text message, sound recording or picture, whether or not it is sent in response to a request, and includes re-communicate;