SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Consequential Amendments

Part II Conspiracy

Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18)

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1

In section 8 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (relevance of external law)—

a

subsection (2) shall cease to have effect,

b

in subsection (5), for “any of subsections (1) to (3)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (1) or (3) ”, and

c

subsection (6)(b) shall cease to have effect.

2

Section 9(2)(b) of that Act (British citizenship immaterial: conspiracy) shall cease to have effect.

3

In section 16 of that Act (application to Northern Ireland)—

a

in subsection (4), for “Subsections (5) to (7) below apply in substitution for subsections (1) to (3) of section 7” there shall be substituted “ Subsection (7) below shall apply in substitution for subsection (3) of section 7 ”, and

b

subsections (5), (6) and (8)(a) shall cease to have effect.