The Criminal Damage Act 1991 is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) of section 1 -

(i) in the definition of "to damage" -

(I) in paragraph (a), by the deletion of "other than data (but including a storage medium in which data are kept)", and

(II) by the deletion of paragraph (b),

(ii) by the deletion of the definition of "data", and

(iii) in the definition of "property", by the deletion of paragraph (b),

(b) by the deletion of section 5,

(c) in subsection (2) of section 6, by the deletion of paragraph (b),

(d) in section 7 -

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of "offence under section 2 alleged to have been committed by a person outside the State in relation to property situate within the State" for "offence under section 2 or 5 alleged to have been committed by a person outside the State in relation to data kept within the State or other property so situate",

(ii) in subsection (2) -

(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "authorised it" for "authorised it, unless the property concerned is data and the person charged is an employee or agent of the person keeping the data", and

(II) by the deletion of paragraph (c),

and