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EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 109 Access to electronic notification system

EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS ACT 2000 - SECT 109

Access to electronic notification system

  (1)   This section applies if a computer system is established by the Secretary for the purpose of receiving and storing information about accepted students and former accepted students that is given under section   19.

  (2)   The Secretary may give any person access to the system for the purposes of this Act.

Access may be given subject to conditions

  (3)   The access may be given subject to conditions that the Secretary determines in writing relating to the use of the system and of the means of obtaining access to the system.

  (4)   The Secretary must give the person a copy of the conditions.

Offence: breaching conditions

  (5)   The person commits an offence if the person:

  (a)   intentionally breaches a condition; and

  (b)   knows that, or is reckless as to whether, that conduct is a breach of the condition.

Penalty for contravention of this subsection :   Imprisonment for 6 months.

Note 1:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

Note 2:   A person who obtains unauthorised access to information on the system that is protected by an access control system could commit an offence against Part   10 - 7 of the Criminal Code .