School of Mathematics & Information Sciences
University Computer Regulations

Pursuant to section 22 of the University of Auckland Act, 1961 the Council of the University makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Computer Systems Regulations 1975 and shall come into force on 1 January 1976.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires - "System" means any Computer system controlled and operated by the Council whether at the Computer Centre established in the University or elsewhere. "Director" in relation to any System means the person authorised by the Council to control it.
3. No student or any other member of the University shall:
(a) without authority of the Director gain access or attempt to gain access to the System;
(b) obtain or attempt to obtain from the System any information to which they are not entitled;
(c) use the System to make unauthorised use of any other system, whether in the University or outside it;
(d) wilfully impede or attempt to impede the operation or activity of any other user;
(e) use or attempt to use the System so as to cause costs to be incurred:
(i) by the University, without the consent of his or her Head of Department and the Head of Department of any other Department concerned;
(ii) by any person other than the University, without the consent of that other person.
4.
(a) Any breach of Regulation 3 of these Regulations shall be deemed a breach of the Disciplinary Regulations of the University.
(b)
(i) Without prejudice to the application and operation of the Disciplinary Regulations , the Director may exclude from use of the System, for such period as the Director thinks fit, any person who has done any thing in breach of Regulation 3 or has misused or attempted to misuse the system in any way.
(ii) The Director shall forthwith report any such exclusion to the Vice- Chancellor.
(iii) Any person so excluded may appeal to the Council against the exclusion.

Note: Application to use a Computer System must be made to the person in control - that is, to the Director of the Computer Centre or, in the case of a system under the control of a Head of Department, to that Head of Department or nominee.

 

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