Section 254 — Crimes Act 1961: Qualified exemption to access without authorisation offence for Government Communications Security Bureau

254 Qualified exemption to access without authorisation offence for Government Communications Security Bureau Section 252 does not apply if the person that accesses a computer system— (a) is authorised to access that computer system under the Government Communications Security Bureau Act 2003 ; and (b) accesses that computer system in accordance with that authorisation. Paragraph (a) the reference to the “ Public Finance Act 1989 ” has been substituted for a reference to the Public Finance Act 1977. That reference replaced an earlier reference to the Public Revenues Act 1953. Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 305) was substituted by a new Part 10 (comprising sections 217 to 272), as from 1 October 2003, by section 15 Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).