Crimes Act 1958
247FProducing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence
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247F Producing, supplying or obtaining data with intent to commit serious computer offence
(1) A person who produces, supplies or obtains data—
(a) with the intention of committing a serious computer offence; or
(b) with the intention of facilitating the commission of a serious computer offence (whether by the person or by another person)—
(2) In this section, a reference to a person producing, supplying or obtaining data includes a reference to the person—
(a) producing, supplying or obtaining data held in a computer or contained in a data storage device; and
(b) producing, supplying or obtaining a document in which the data is recorded.
(3) A person may be found guilty of an offence against this section even if committing the serious computer offence is impossible.
S. 247G inserted by No. 10/2003 s. 5.