S.1 [No. 11.]
Criminal Justice (Offences
Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017.
[2017.]
(2) In this Act a reference to an information system includes a reference to a part of the
system.
Accessing information system without lawful authority, etc.
2.
A person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, intentionally accesses an
information system by infringing a security measure shall be guilty of an offence.
Interference with information system without lawful authority
3.
A person who, without lawful authority, intentionally hinders or interrupts the
functioning of an information system by—
(a) inputting data on the system,
(b) transmitting, damaging, deleting, altering or suppressing, or causing the
deterioration of, data on the system, or
(c) rendering data on the system inaccessible,
shall be guilty of an offence.
Interference with data without lawful authority
4.
A person who, without lawful authority, intentionally deletes, damages, alters or
suppresses, or renders inaccessible, or causes the deterioration of, data on an information
system shall be guilty of an offence.
Intercepting transmission of data without lawful authority
5.
A person who, without lawful authority, intentionally intercepts any transmission (other
than a public transmission) of data to, from or within an information system (including
any electromagnetic emission from such an information system carrying such data), shall
be guilty of an offence.
Use of computer programme, password, code or data for purposes of section 2, 3, 4 or 5
6.
A person who, without lawful authority, intentionally produces, sells, procures for use,
imports, distributes, or otherwise makes available, for the purpose of the commission of
an offence under section 2, 3, 4 or 5—
(a) any computer programme that is primarily designed or adapted for use in
connection with the commission of such an offence, or
(b) any device, computer password, unencryption key or code, or access code, or
similar data, by which an information system is capable of being accessed,
shall be guilty of an offence.
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