Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017

Amendment of Criminal Justice Act 2011

15. Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice Act 2011 is amended by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph 30:

“30. An offence under section 2 , 3 or 4 of the Criminal Damage Act 1991

(a) that occurred before the commencement of section 15 of the Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017, and

(b) in so far as the offence relates to data (within the meaning of the Criminal Damage Act 1991 as that Act was in force before that commencement) or a storage medium in which such data are kept.

30A. An offence under section 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 or 6 of the Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017 in so far as the offence relates to data (within the meaning of that Act).”.