Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person shall not--
(a) publish or cause to be published any advertisement, statement, notice or other document that--
(i) is intended or likely to induce a person to agree to act as a surrogate parent; or
(ii) seeks or purports to seek a person to agree to act as a surrogate parent; or
(iii) states or implies that a person is willing to agree to act as a surrogate parent; or
(iv) states or implies that a person is willing to enter into a prescribed contract; or
(b) make, give or receive or agree to make, give or receive a payment or reward for or in consideration of--
(i) entering into a prescribed contract; or
(ii) a person agreeing to act as a surrogate parent; or
(c) enter into or offer to enter into a prescribed contract.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
(2) A person who does an act that is prohibited by subsection (1) commits an offence against this Act and is liable to be punished therefor if--
(a) the act occurs in Queensland, irrespective of the whereabouts of the offender at that time; or
(b) the offender is ordinarily resident in Queensland at that time, irrespective of where the act occurs.