415Unauthorised access, modification or impairment with

415 Unauthorised access, modification or impairment with intent to commit serious offence (a) the person causes— (i) unauthorised access to data held in a computer; or (ii) unauthorised modification of data held in a computer, or (iii) unauthorised impairment of electronic communication to or from a computer; and (b) the person knows the access, modification or impairment is unauthorised; and (c) the person intends to commit, or enable the commission of, a serious offence (by the person or by someone else). Maximum penalty: the maximum penalty applicable if the person had committed, or enabled the commission of, the serious offence in the ACT. to prove that the defendant knew that the offence was a serious

(3) A person can be found guilty of an offence against this section— (a) even if committing the serious offence is impossible; or (b) whether the serious offence is to be committed at the time of the unauthorised conduct or at a later time. serious offence means an offence punishable by imprisonment for 5 years or longer, and includes an offence in another jurisdiction that would be a serious offence if committed in the ACT.