41 Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage
Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c 9) | Legislation

Part 2 Computer Misuse

41  Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage

(1)     The Computer Misuse Act 1990 is amended as follows.

(2)     After section 3 insert—

“3ZA Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage

(1)     A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a)     the person does any unauthorised act in relation to a computer;

(b)     at the time of doing the act the person knows that it is unauthorised;

(c)     the act causes, or creates a significant risk of, serious damage of a material kind; and

(d)     the person intends by doing the act to cause

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