# Unauthorised impairment of identifying information

> act-s336H — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

336H Unauthorised impairment of identifying information
               A person commits an offence if:
                (a) the person causes any unauthorised impairment of:
                      (i) the reliability of identifying information; or
                     (ii) the security of the storage of identifying information; or
                    (iii) the operation of a system by which identifying
                          information is stored; and
                (b) the person intends to cause the impairment; and
                (c) the person knows that the impairment is unauthorised.
               Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years, or 120 penalty units, or both.