2Instructions (whether in hard copy or electronic form) for carrying out a serious computer offence.

2 Instructions (whether in hard copy or electronic form) for carrying out a serious computer offence. (3) If it is established in proceedings for an offence against this section that the defendant was in control of proscribed data, it is irrelevant— (a) whether the data is stored inside or outside the State; or (b) whether the defendant owned or was in possession of the medium or device in which the data was stored. (4) A person may be convicted of an offence against this section even though it would have been impossible in the circumstances to commit the intended offence. (5) A person cannot be convicted of an attempt to commit an offence against this section.