Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 3 - INFORMATION GATHERING  

PART 3-5 - SEARCH AND SEIZURE  

Division 1 - Search warrants  

Subdivision D - General  

SECTION 250B   Account-based data  

250B(1)    
For the purposes of this Division, if:

(a)    an electronic service has accounts for end-users; and

(b)    either:

(i) a person holds an account with the electronic service; or

(ii) a person is, or is likely to be, a user of an account with the electronic service; and

(c)    the person can (with the use of appropriate equipment) access particular data provided by the service;

the data is account-based data in relation to the person.

250B(2)    
For the purposes of this Division, if:

(a)    an electronic service has accounts for end-users; and

(b)    either:

(i) a deceased person held, before the person ' s death, an account with the electronic service; or

(ii) a deceased person, before the person ' s death, was, or was likely to be, a user of an account with the electronic service; and

(c)    the deceased person could, before the person ' s death (with the use of appropriate equipment), access particular data provided by the service;

the data is account-based data in relation to the deceased person.

250B(3)    
For the purposes of this section, account and electronic service have the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021 .