(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.
(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.
(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—
(c) 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 1995or the Heavy Vehicle
National Law (Queensland).