Commonwealth Numbered Acts

VET STUDENT LOANS ACT 2016 (NO. 98, 2016) - SECT 101

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person causes any unauthorised access to, or modification of, personal information; and

                     (b)  the personal information is VET information:

                              (i)  that is held on a computer; and

                             (ii)  to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer; and

                     (c)  the person intends to cause the access or modification; and

                     (d)  the person knows that the access or modification is unauthorised; and

                     (e)  one or more of the following apply:

                              (i)  the information is held on a computer of an approved course provider;

                             (ii)  the information is held on behalf of an approved course provider;

                            (iii)  the information is held on a computer of a Tertiary Admission Centre;

                            (iv)  the information is held on behalf of a Tertiary Admission Centre.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 2 years.

             (2)  Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(e).