{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/computer-misuse-act-1990/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/computer-misuse-act-1990/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1990/18",
  "legislation_title": "Computer Misuse Act 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/computer-misuse-act-1990",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "British citizenship immaterial.",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided by section 5(1A),In any proceedings brought in England and Wales in respect of any offence to which this section applies it is immaterial to guilt whether or not the accused was a British citizen at the time of any act, omission or other event proof of which is required for conviction of the offence.\n(2) This section applies to the following offences—\n(a) any offence under this Act ;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) any attempt to commit an offence under this Act; and\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(1) inserted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 4 para. 11(2); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2008) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 22; S.I. 2008/2503, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(2)(a) substituted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 4 para. 11(3); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 9(2)(b) repealed (4.9.1998) by 1998 c. 40, s. 9(1)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II para. 6(2), Sch. 2 Pt. II (with s. 9(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 9(2)(c) substituted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 4 para. 11(4); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 9(2)(d) repealed (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 63(1)(2), 92, 94, Sch. 6 para. 59(5), Sch. 14 (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/18/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:18:46.263055+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}