Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers
154H Making, using and interfering with unique identifiers
A person who—
dishonestly interferes with, or copies, a unique identifier, or
possesses a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer, with the intention of dishonestly interfering with, or copying, a unique identifier, or
dishonestly makes a unique identifier, or a purported unique identifier, or
knowingly induces another person to accept any information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part, when the information is not in fact a genuine unique identifier for that motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part,
is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—imprisonment for 7 years.
For the purposes of this section, information is attached to a motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer if it is—
marked on or attached to the motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part, or
marked on a thing attached to the motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part, or
stored in electronic form in a part of the motor vehicle, vessel or trailer.
In proceedings for an offence against this section, if it is necessary to allege a person knowingly induced another person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer as a genuine unique identifier for the motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part, it is not necessary to allege that the accused knowingly induced a particular person to accept the information as a genuine unique identifier.
In this section, a reference to inducing a person to accept information attached to a motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or a part of a motor vehicle, vessel or trailer as a genuine unique identifier includes a reference to causing a computer to respond to the information attached to the motor vehicle, vessel, trailer or part as if it were a genuine unique identifier.
In this section—
information includes numbers, letters or symbols.
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