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CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 86B

86B—Interpretation

In this Part—

"computer data" includes data in any form in which it may be stored or processed in a computer (including a computer program or part of a computer program);

"electronic communication" means the communication of computer data between computers by means of an electronic communication network;

"electronic communication network" means devices and systems by which computer data is communicated between computers and includes—

            (a)         a link or network that operates wholly or partially by wireless communication; and

            (b)         the world wide web;

"impairment" of electronic communication includes prevention or delay but does not include interception if the interception does not impair, prevent or delay the reception, at the intended destination, of the computer data that is being communicated;

"modification" of computer data includes—

            (a)         deletion or removal of the data;

            (b)         an alteration of the data;

            (c)         an addition to the data;

"possession" of computer data includes possession of the medium or device in which the computer data is stored;

"serious computer offence" means an offence against section 86E, 86F, 86G or 86H;

"serious offence" means an offence for which a maximum penalty of life imprisonment or imprisonment for a term of at least 5 years is prescribed;

"use"—a person uses a computer if the person causes the computer to perform a function.



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