SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 57 57 Giving or receiving consideration
SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 57
57 Giving or receiving consideration(1) A person must not give a payment, reward or other material benefit or advantage (other than the reimbursement of the birth mother's surrogacy costs) for another person--
(a) agreeing to enter into or entering into a surrogacy arrangement; or
(b) giving the intended parent, or intended parents, under a surrogacy arrangement the permanent custody and guardianship of a child born as a result of the surrogacy arrangement; or
(c) consenting to the making of a parentage order for a child born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.
(2) A person must not receive a payment, reward or other material benefit or advantage (other than the reimbursement of the birth mother's surrogacy costs) for the person or another person--
(a) agreeing to enter into or entering into a surrogacy arrangement; or
(b) giving the intended parent, or intended parents, under a surrogacy arrangement the permanent custody and guardianship of a child born as a result of the surrogacy arrangement; or
(c) consenting to the making of a parentage order for a child born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement.
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.