Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to this section, a person shall not (whether before or after the birth of the child concerned) make, give or receive, or agree to make, give or receive, a payment or reward for or in consideration of--
(a) the adoption or proposed adoption of a child; or
(b) the giving of consent, or the signing of an instrument of consent, to the adoption of a child; or
(c) the transfer of possession or custody of a child with a view to the adoption of the child; or
(d) the making of arrangements with a view to the adoption of a child.
(2) The references in subsection (1) to the adoption or proposed adoption of a child shall be read as including references to the adoption or proposed adoption of a child under the law of any place (whether in or outside the Commonwealth and the Territories of the Commonwealth).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to either of the following payments or rewards in connection with an adoption or proposed adoption under this Act--
(a) a payment made by the adopter or adopters, with the approval in writing of the chief executive, in respect of the hospital and medical expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the birth of the child or the antenatal or postnatal care and treatment of the mother of the child or of the child;
(b) any other payment or reward authorised in writing by the chief executive.
(4) Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to a payment or reward in connection with an adoption or proposed adoption under the law of another State or of a Territory of the Commonwealth or of a country outside the Commonwealth and the Territories of the Commonwealth if the making of the payment or the giving of the reward, or any agreement so to do would have been lawful if it had taken place in that State or Territory or country.