Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 - SECT 179.35

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person causes any unauthorised access to, or modification of, * personal information that is:

                              (i)  held in a computer; and

                             (ii)  to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer; and

                     (b)  the person intends to cause the access or modification; and

                     (c)  the person knows that the access or modification is unauthorised; and

                     (d)  one or more of the following apply:

                              (i)  the personal information is held in a computer of a higher education provider;

                             (ii)  the personal information is held on behalf of a provider;

                            (iii)  the personal information is held in a computer of * Open Universities Australia;

                            (iv)  the personal information is held on behalf of Open Universities Australia;

                             (v)  the personal information is held on a computer of a * Tertiary Admission Centre;

                            (vi)  the personal information is held on behalf of a Tertiary Admission Centre.

Penalty:  2 years imprisonment.

             (2)  Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(d).