Part 10: Communications offences False and threatening communications offences Section 182: Interpretation of sections 179 to 181
This section sets out how different aspects of the offences in sections 179 and 181 should be interpreted.
	Subsection (2) and (3) makes provision about the interpretation of the phrase "sends a message."
	Subsection (4) sets out that a provider of an internet service by which a message is sent is not to be regarded as a person who sends a message simply by virtue of providing that internet service.
	Subsection (5) sets out the meaning of "encounter" in relation to a message.
	Subsection (6) sets out that for the purposes of the offences it does not matter if the content of the message is created by the person who sends it. Subsection (7) sets out that a message can consist of or include a hyperlink to other content.
	Subsection (8) deals with the sending or giving of items on which data is stored electronically.
	Subsection (9) clarifies the timing of offences committed in the online context.
	Subsections (10), (11) and (12) point to definitions of relevant terms in other Acts or elsewhere in the Act.