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414Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or
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414 Meaning of unauthorised access, modification or impairment (1) For this part, access to or modification of data, or impairment of electronic communication or of the reliability, security or operation of data, by a person is unauthorised if the person is not entitled to cause the access, modification or impairment. (2) However, the access, modification or impairment is not unauthorised only because the person has an ulterior purpose for causing it.