Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsIn this Act--
act as a surrogate parent means to lend oneself as the bearer of a child to the performance of a prescribed contract that has been made or that is to be made.
prescribed contract means a contract, agreement or arrangement made between 2 or more persons, whether formally or informally and whether or not for payment or reward, under which it is agreed--
(a) that a person shall become or shall seek or attempt to become the bearer of a child and that a child delivered as the result thereof shall become and be treated, whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise, as the child of any person or persons other than the person firstmentioned in this paragraph; or
(b) that a child delivered from a person who is the bearer of any embryo, foetus or child at the time when the prescribed contract is made shall become and be treated, whether by adoption, agreement or otherwise, as the child of any person or persons other than the person firstmentioned in this paragraph.