South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts176—Person with knowledge of a computer or a computer system to assist
access etc
(1) An authorised
officer responsible for executing a warrant may apply to a magistrate for an
order requiring a specified person to provide any information or assistance
that is reasonable or necessary to allow an authorised officer to do one or
more of the following:
(a)
access data held in or accessible from a computer that is on the premises
specified in the warrant;
(b) copy
the data to a data storage device;
(c)
convert the data into documentary form.
(2) The magistrate may
make an order if satisfied that—
(a)
there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that material liable to seizure
under this Act is accessible from the computer referred to in
subsection (1)(a); and
(b) the
specified person is—
(i)
reasonably suspected of possessing, or having under his
or her control, material liable to seizure under this Act; or
(ii)
the owner or lessee of the computer; or
(iii)
an employee of the owner or lessee of the computer; and
(c) the
specified person has knowledge of—
(i)
the computer or a computer network of which the computer
forms a part; or
(ii)
measures applied to protect data held in or accessible
from the computer.
(3) A person who fails
to comply with an order under this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.