SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14Minor and consequential amendments
Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18)
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Section 17 of that Act (interpretation) is amended as follows.
2
F1In subsection (2), after “such access” there is inserted “
or to enable such access to be secured
”.
3
Subsection (7) is omitted.
4
For subsection (8) there is substituted—
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An act done in relation to a computer is unauthorised if the person doing the act (or causing it to be done)—
a
is not himself a person who has responsibility for the computer and is entitled to determine whether the act may be done; and
b
does not have consent to the act from any such person.
In this subsection “act” includes a series of acts.