SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Minor and consequential amendments

Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/426 (N.I. 4))

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In Article 12 of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (meaning of property, etc), after paragraph (4) there is inserted—

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For the purposes of this Order a modification of the contents of a computer shall not be regarded as damaging any computer or computer storage medium unless its effect on that computer or computer storage medium impairs its physical condition.