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Western Australia
Criminal Code (Identity Theft) Amendment Bill
2009
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act amended 2
4. Chapter XLIVB inserted 2
Chapter XLIVB -- Obtaining or
dealing with identification
information
440B. Obtaining or dealing with identification
information 2
045 -- 1 page i
Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
(Introduced by Mr Quigley, MLA)
Criminal Code (Identity Theft) Amendment Bill
2009
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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1 1. Short title
2 This Act is the Criminal Code (Identity Theft) Amendment Act
3 2009.
4 2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation as follows --
6 (a) sections 1 and 2 - on the day on which this Act receives
7 the Royal Assent;
8 (b) the rest of the Act - on the day after that day.
9 3. Act amended
10 This Act amends the Criminal Code.
11 4. Chapter XLIVB inserted
12 Insert after Chapter XLIVA:
13
14 Chapter XLIVB -- Obtaining or dealing with
15 identification information
16 440B. Obtaining or dealing with identification information
17 (1) A person who obtains or deals with another entity's
18 identification information for the purpose of
19 committing, or facilitating the commission of, an
20 indictable offence commits a misdemeanour.
21 Maximum penalty -- 3 years imprisonment.
22 (2) A person who possesses equipment that is capable of
23 being used to make identification documentation, with
24 the intention that the person or another person will use
25 the equipment to commit an offence against this
26 section commits a misdemeanour.
27 Maximum Penalty - 3 years imprisonment.
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1 (3) This section applies to a person who intends to commit,
2 or facilitate the commissioning of, an offence even if
3 the committing of the offence concerned is impossible
4 or the offence concerned is to be committed at a later
5 time, and in the case of subsection (1), whether or not
6 the person to whom the identification information
7 concerns relates consented to the dealing in, or
8 possession of, the identification information.
9 (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to dealing in, or the
10 possession of, a person's own identification
11 information.
12 (5) For subsection (1), it is immaterial whether the other
13 entity is alive or dead, or exists or does not exist, or
14 consents or does not consent to the obtaining or
15 dealing.
16 (6) When a court is sentencing a person for an offence
17 against subsection (1), the court may order that the
18 court's certificate be issued to the other entity stating
19 the offence, the entity's name and anything else the
20 court considers relevant for the entity's benefit.
21 (7) The order may be made on the court's own initiative or
22 on application by the entity or the prosecutor.
23 (8) If the person is sentenced on a plea of guilty, the
24 certificate may be given to the entity immediately.
25 (9) If subsection (8) does not apply, the certificate must
26 not be given to the entity until the later of the
27 following --
28 (a) the end of any period allowed for appeal
29 against conviction;
30 (b) if an appeal is started -- the end of any
31 proceedings on the appeal.
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1 (10) In this section --
2 dealing, with identification information, includes
3 supplying or using the information.
4 digital signature means encrypted electronic or
5 computer data intended for the exclusive use of a
6 particular person as a means of identifying himself or
7 herself as the sender of an electronic communication.
8 identification information, of another entity, means
9 information about, or identifying particulars of, the
10 entity that is capable of being used, whether alone or in
11 conjunction with other information, to identify or
12 purportedly identify the entity.
13 Examples for an entity that is an individual --
14 • information about the individual or the individual's
15 relatives including name, address, date of birth,
16 marital status and similar information.
17 • the individual's driver licence or driver licence
18 number.
19 • the individual's passport or passport number.
20 • anything commonly used by an individual to identify
21 himself or herself, including a digital signature.
22 • the individual's financial account numbers, user
23 names and passwords.
24 • a series of numbers or letters (or a combination of
25 both) intended for use as a means of personal
26 identification.
27 • any data stored or encrypted on the individual's
28 credit or debit card.
29 • biometric data relating to the individual.
30 • the individual's voice print.
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1 • a false driver licence or other false form of
2 identification for a fictitious individual.
3 Examples for an entity that is a body corporate --
4 • the body corporate's name.
5 • the body corporate's ABN.
6 • the body corporate's financial account numbers.
7 • any data stored or encrypted on a credit or debit card
8 issued to the body corporate.
9 obtaining, identification information, includes
10 possessing or making the information.
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