New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 308H

308H Unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in computer (summary offence)

(1) A person:

(a) who causes any unauthorised access to or modification of restricted data held in a computer, and

(b) who knows that the access or modification is unauthorised, and

(c) who intends to cause that access or modification,

is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) An offence against this section is a summary offence.

(3) In this section:
"restricted data" means data held in a computer, being data to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer.