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SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 27 Age of birth mother

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 27

Age of birth mother

27 Age of birth mother

(1) The birth mother must have been at least 25 years old when she entered into the surrogacy arrangement.
(2) For a pre-commencement surrogacy arrangement, it is sufficient that the birth mother was at least 18 years old when she entered into the surrogacy arrangement.
(3) In all cases, it is a mandatory precondition to the making of a parentage order that the birth mother was at least 18 years old when she entered into the surrogacy arrangement.