Must know definitions

Question 1

Accept

Answer 1

to receive something

Question 2

Access

Answer 2

in relation to any computer system, means instruct, communicate with, store data in, receive data from, or otherwise make use of any of the resources of the computer system

Question 3

Alter

Answer 3

to change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way

Question 4

Authorisation

Answer 4

includes an authorisation conferred on a person by or under an enactment or a rule of law, or by an order of a court or judicial process

Question 5

Benefit

Answer 5

special right or advantage

(Same as Privilege)

Question 6

Claim of Right

Answer 6

in relation to any act, means a belief at the time of the act in a proprietary or possessory right in property in relation to which the offence is alleged to have been committed, although that belief may be based on ignorance or mistake of fact or of any matter of law other than the enactment against which the offence is alleged to have been committed

Question 7

Computer system

Answer 7

means:
- a computer
- 2 or more interconnected computers
- any communication links between computers or to remote terminals or another device
- 2 or more interconnected computers combined with any communication links between computers or to remote terminals or any other device

and

includes any part of the items described in paragraph (a) and all related input, output, processing, storage, software, or communication facilities, and stored data

Question 8

Control

Answer 8

Exercise authoritative or dominating influence or command over it

Question 9

Credit

Answer 9

Refers to the obligation on the debtor to pay or repay, and the time given for them to do so by the creditor.

Question 10

Debt

Answer 10

Money owing from one person to another

Question 11

Deception

Answer 11

a) a false representation, whether oral, documentary, or by conduct, where the person making the representation intends to deceive any other person and -
i) knows that it is false in a material particular; or
ii) is reckless as to whether it is false in a material particular; or
b) an omission to disclose a material particular, with intent to deceive any person, in circumstances where there is a duty to disclose it; or
c) a fraudulent devicem, trick, or stratagem used with intent to deceive any person

Question 12

Deliver over

Answer 12

to surrender up someone or something

Question 13

Destroy / destruction

Answer 13

to end the existence of

Question 14

Device

Answer 14

plan, scheme or trick

Question 15

Dishonestly

Answer 15

In relation to any act or omission, means done or omitted without a belief that there was expressed or implied consent to, or authority for, the act or omission from a person entitled to give such consent or authority

Question 16

Document

Answer 16

means a document , or part of a document, in any form, and includes without limitation
a) any paper or other material used for writing or printing that is marked with matter capable of being read; or
b) any photograph, or any photographic negative, plate, slide, film, or microfilm, or any photostatic negative; or
c) any disc, tape, wire, sound track, card, or other material or device in or on which information, sounds, or other data are recorded, stored (whether temporarily or permanently), or emobodied so as to be capable, with or without the aid of some other equipment, of being reproduced; or
d) any material by means of which information is supplied, whether directly or by means of any equipment, to any device used for recording or storing or processing information; or
e) any material dervied, whether directly or by means of any equipment, from information recorded or stored or processed by any device used for recording or storing or processing information

Question 17

Endorse

Answer 17

to write or sign on a document

Question 18

Execute

Answer 18

to put a course of action into effect

Question 19

False document

Answer 19

means a document -
a) of which the whole or any material part purports to be made by any person who did not make it, or by a fictitious person; or
b) of which the whole or any material part purports to be made by or on behalf of any person who did not authorise its making, or on behalf of a fictitious person; or
c) of which the whole or any material part has been altered, whether by addition, insertion, deletion, obliteration, erasure, removal, or otherwise, and that purports to have been altered by or on behalf of a person a person who did not alter it or authorise its making, or by on behalf of a fictitious person; or
d) that is, in whole or in part, a reproduction of any other document, and that purports to have been made by or on behalf of a person who did not make it or authorise its making, or by on behalf of a fictitious person; or
e) that is made in the name of a person, either by that person or by that persons authority, with the intention that is should pass as being made by some other person who did not make it, or by a fictitious person

Question 20

Induces

Answer 20

To persuade, bring about or give rise to

Question 21

Knowledge

Answer 21

Knowing or correctly believing … the defendant may believe something wrongly but cannot ‘know’ something that is false

Question 22

Liability

Answer 22

A legally enforceable financial obligation to pay (such as the cost of a meal)

Question 23

Obtain

Answer 23

In relation to any person, means obtain or retain for himself or herself or for any other person

Question 24

Omission

Answer 24

Inaction (i.e. not acting) or excluding

Question 25

Ownership

Answer 25

synonymous with 'title' (a right or claim to ownership of property)

Question 26

Privilege

Answer 26

special right or advantage (same as Benefit)

Question 27

Propensity evidence

Answer 27

evidence that tends to show a persons propensity to act in a particular way or to have a particular state of mind

Question 28

Property

Answer 28

Reap and personal property, and any estate or interest in any real or personal property, money, electricity, any and debt, and anything in action, and any other right or interest

Question 29

Representation

Answer 29

A thing that represents another. A statement made by way of allegation or to convey opinion.

Question 30

Stratagem

Answer 30

a cunning plan or scheme especially for deceiving an enemy, or trickery

Question 31

Takes

Answer 31

no specific definition, but can be read in conjunction with definition of Theft = for tangible property, theft is committed by a taking when the offender moves the property or causes it to be moved

Question 32

Thing

Answer 32

a broad and encompassing concept, however a 'thing' must be tangible

Question 33

Title

Answer 33

A right or claim to ownership of property

Question 34

Trick

Answer 34

an action or scheme undertaken to fool, outwit or deceive

Question 35

Use

Answer 35

can include a single action or the continuing use of a document

Question 36

Voidable title

Answer 36

obtained when property is obtained by deception, fraud, duress or misrepresentation

Question 37

Material particular

Answer 37

An important, essential or relevant detail or item

Question 38

Intent

Answer 38

A deliberate act to produce a specific result

Question 39

Reproduction

Answer 39

Producing a copy or representation, or made in imitation

Question 40

Computer system

Answer 40

- a computer - 2 or more connected computers - any communications link between computers or to remote terminals or another device - 2 or more interconnected computers combined with any communication links between computers or to remote terminals or any other device Includes any part of the items described above and all related input, output, processing, storage, software, or communication facilities, and stored data