Sentence examples for unauthorised act from inspiring English sources
Ex-soldier Ackroyd, 26, from Mexborough, South Yorkshire, was jailed for 30 months having previously pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer.
Ackroyd was charged in the UK on Tuesday night with two counts of conspiracy to "do an unauthorised act with intent to impair or with recklessness impairing of an operation of a computer", police said.
Ackroyd was due to stand trial charged with taking part in a string of cyber-attacks, but today pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.
They recently refused to consider his application for a protection visa, arguing that he is, in the Orwellian language of that Act, an "unauthorised maritime arrival".
The work had piquancy, as Haw's protest, begun in 2001, was largely dismantled on May 23 2006, following the passing of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act forbidding unauthorised demonstrations within a kilometre of Parliament Square.
The CPS said today it found enough evidence to bring charges against the hacker under the Computer Misuse Act for obtaining "unauthorised access with intent".
The 1990 computer misuse act legislates against unauthorised access to computer material; this is a particular concern for civil investigators who have more limitations than law enforcement.
Some banks have already acted to reduce unauthorised overdraft fees and move charges elsewhere.
If unauthorised, such interference constitutes a criminal act.
There has been a series of legal challenges brought on behalf of babies born in detention, arguing that they should not be considered unauthorised maritime arrivals under the migration act.
Somewhat paradoxically, the only criminal offence that is apt to apply to the media and that does include a public interest defence is the relatively minor Data Protection Act offence of obtaining unauthorised access to personal data.
