29(1)Section 17 of that Act (interpretation) is amended as follows.U.K.
(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—
“(8)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.”
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 14 para. 29(2) repealed (E.W.N.I.) (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 61(5), 94(1), Sch. 14 (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)(i)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 14 para. 29 in force at 1.10.2007 for S. by S.S.I. 2007/434, art. 2(c)
I2Sch. 14 para. 29 in force at 1.10.2008 for E.W.N.I. by S.I. 2008/2503, art. 2(c)