VET Student Loans Act 2016

PART 9 - USE OF INFORMATION  

Division 2 - Offences for misuse of personal information  

SECTION 101   UNAUTHORISED ACCESS TO, OR MODIFICATION OF, PERSONAL INFORMATION  

101(1)    
A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person causes any unauthorised access to, or modification of, personal information; and

(b) the personal information is VET information:

(i) that is held on a computer; and

(ii) to which access is restricted by an access control system associated with a function of the computer; and

(c) the person intends to cause the access or modification; and

(d) the person knows that the access or modification is unauthorised; and

(e) one or more of the following apply:

(i) the information is held on a computer of an approved course provider;

(ii) the information is held on behalf of an approved course provider;

(iii) the information is held on a computer of a Tertiary Admission Centre;

(iv) the information is held on behalf of a Tertiary Admission Centre.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

101(2)    
Absolute liability applies to paragraph (1)(e).