sec.24AUnlawful SMS messages etc.

### sec.24A Unlawful SMS messages etc. A person must not, in trade or commerce, provide, in Queensland or elsewhere, a service of informing another person of the location of a traffic enforcement site for the purpose of, or that has the effect of, enabling the other person to avoid, or be prepared for, a check made at the site. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. For subsection (1) , a person provides a service of informing another person of the location of a traffic enforcement site if the person makes information about the location of a traffic enforcement site available to the other person by a relevant message. Subsection (1) does not apply to the provider of a telephone service or an internet service provider only because another person uses the provider’s telephone or internet service to inform someone else of the location of a traffic enforcement site. In this section— internet message means a message that may be viewed by a person on a website. message includes information in any form, whether or not for a particular person. relevant message means any of the following that informs a person of the location of a traffic enforcement site— an internet message; an SMS message; another type of message that may be heard, read or otherwise viewed by a person using a mobile phone. SMS message means a text message sent using the mobile phone service known as the short messaging service. traffic enforcement site means a place being used by a police officer to perform random or systematic checks of compliance by drivers with the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) . the site of a speed camera a random breath test site a vehicle safety check site s 24A ins 2007 No. 1 s 6 amd 2013 No. 26 s 105 sch 1 (sec.24A-ssec.1) A person must not, in trade or commerce, provide, in Queensland or elsewhere, a service of informing another person of the location of a traffic enforcement site for the purpose of, or that has the effect of, enabling the other person to avoid, or be prepared for, a check made at the site. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units. (sec.24A-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , a person provides a service of informing another person of the location of a traffic enforcement site if the person makes information about the location of a traffic enforcement site available to the other person by a relevant message. (sec.24A-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the provider of a telephone service or an internet service provider only because another person uses the provider’s telephone or internet service to inform someone else of the location of a traffic enforcement site. (sec.24A-ssec.4) In this section— internet message means a message that may be viewed by a person on a website. message includes information in any form, whether or not for a particular person. relevant message means any of the following that informs a person of the location of a traffic enforcement site— an internet message; an SMS message; another type of message that may be heard, read or otherwise viewed by a person using a mobile phone. SMS message means a text message sent using the mobile phone service known as the short messaging service. traffic enforcement site means a place being used by a police officer to perform random or systematic checks of compliance by drivers with the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) . the site of a speed camera a random breath test site a vehicle safety check site - (a) an internet message; - (b) an SMS message; - (c) another type of message that may be heard, read or otherwise viewed by a person using a mobile phone. - • the site of a speed camera - • a random breath test site - • a vehicle safety check site