Crimes Act 1900 No 40
Historical version for 7 December 2010 to 3 February 2011 (accessed 23 May 2013 at 17:40) Current version
Part 6Section 308B

308B   Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment

(1)  For the purposes of this Part, access to or modification of data, or impairment of electronic communication, by a person is unauthorised if the person is not entitled to cause that access, modification or impairment.
(2)  Any such access, modification or impairment is not unauthorised merely because the person has an ulterior purpose for that action.
(3)  For the purposes of an offence under this Part, a person causes any such unauthorised access, modification or impairment if the person’s conduct substantially contributes to the unauthorised access, modification or impairment.
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