If you have obtained a password and/or username for this site by making a misleading or false statement on your application for membership, then you are not authorised to access any section of this site that is protected by such a password. It is an offence under the Computer Misuse act 1990 to gain unauthorised access to a computer system.

It is also an offence to use another person's password to access the site.

Offences under section 1 of the act can result in a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.

Section 1 of the act.

Unauthorised access to computer material.

1. A person is guilty of an offence if-
   1. he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer;
   2. the access he intends to secure is unauthorised; and
   3. he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.
2. The intent a person has to have to commit an offence under this section need not be directed at-
   1. any particular program or data;
   2. a program or data of any particular kind; or
   3. a program or data held in any particular computer.
3. A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.