Changes to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Computer Misuse Act 1990. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

11 Proceedings for offences under section 1.
[F1(1)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, proceedings for an offence under section 1 above may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge.
(3)No such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than three years after the commission of the offence.
(4)For the purposes of this section, a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which evidence sufficient in his opinion to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.
(5)A certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.
F3(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)This section does not extend to Scotland.]
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1S. 11 repealed (prosp.) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 23, Sch. 15 Pt. 4 (with s. 38(2))
F2S. 11(1) repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1)(3), 110, Sch. 8 para. 346, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3
F3S. 11(6) repealed (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 106, 108(3)(f), Sch. 15 Pt. V(1) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9))

I have bolded the amendment text at the bottom, the other bolding is in the original and the F1 bracket encloses the entire 7 subsections.

As woodentop noted from the Crown Prosecution Service (my bold)

Section 35 of the Police and Justice Act 2006

Section 35 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 increases the penalty for section 1 CMA offence on summary conviction to a maximum of 12 months’ imprisonment or / and a fine and on indictment to a maximum of 2 years’ imprisonment or / and a fine. All CMA offences are either way and no longer have a time limit. The increased penalty only applies to section 1 offences committed after section 35 Police and Justice Act 2006 comes into force (see Section 38(2) Police and Justice Act 2006).

Sorry for not responding earlier but I was far from the Internet for a long WE
bob

“…carefully orchestrated …”

This hardly seems like the activity of “cyber-terrorists”, a hysterical notion that Revkin has given oxygen to once again.

And not just “oxygen” but (IMHO) post-to-post “resuscitation”. His narratives draw only from the July 18 “News Release” and he succeeded in highlighting both instances of the plods’ “sophisticated and carefully coordinated attack” – one of which he planted as an “update” to a post of July 6, 2010, and the other he featured in a post of July 19, 2012.

For details, pls see:

Revkin screens out cops’ Climategate screening exercises

===|==============/ Keith DeHavelle