“Licensee” means a person licensed under the Act;
“Registrant” means a domain name holder;
“Registrar” means an entity that is authorized under the Act to administer the
process of registration and modification of domain names;
“Relying party” means an individual or organization that acts on the basis of a
certificate;
“Sub domain administrator” means an entity managing a sub domain in the .ke
ccTLD;
“Subscriber” means a certificate holder;
“Subscriber identity verification method” means the method used to verify and
authenticate the identity of a subscriber;
“Technical contact” means the entity responsible for maintaining the primary name
server for a domain name and for effecting technical changes to a domain name;
“time-stamp” means a cryptographical digital attestation that a document or data
existed at a particular time and has not been altered since a particular point in time
and serves as a trusted third party witnessing the existence and particulars of
electronic data;
“time-stamp services” means issuance of time-stamps.
3. License for electronic certification services.
The Commission may, upon application in the prescribed manner and subject to
such requirements as it may consider necessary, grant a licence to a person to
provide electronic certification services, services.
4. Application for a licence.
A person applying for a licence shall, in addition to the requirements prescribed in
the Act and any Regulations made thereunder —
(a) Submit for approval a certification practice statement, which fulfils the
requirements prescribed in these Regulations;