SURROGACY ACT 2008
Table of Provisions
PART 1 -- Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Terms used in this Act
PART 2 -- Surrogacy arrangements
Division 1 -- General
- 4 What this Part is about
- 5 Term used in this Part
- 6 Meaning of “surrogacy arrangement that is for reward”
- 7 Surrogacy arrangement not binding
Division 2 -- Offences
- 8 Making surrogacy arrangement that is for reward
- 9 Reward for introducing parties for surrogacy arrangement
- 10 Publishing willingness to make surrogacy arrangement that is for reward
- 11 Services connected with surrogacy arrangement that is for reward
PART 3 -- Order giving parental status to arranged parents
Division 1 -- Preliminary
- 12 What this Part is about
- 13 Child’s best interests paramount
- 14 Terms used in this Part
Division 2 -- Parentage order excluded for certain arrangements
Division 3 -- Transfer of child’s parentage
- 19 Circumstances for seeking parentage order
- 20 Applying for a parentage order
- 21 Court may make parentage order
- 22 Contents of approved plan
- 23 Ancillary orders
- 24 Multiple births
- 25 Name of child
- 26 Effect of parentage order
- 27 Discharge of parentage order
- 28 Relationships for laws relating to sexual offences
- 29 Finality of parentage order
- 30 Varying approved plan
- 31 Court’s powers to do with breach of approved plan
- 32 Court to notify certain officers
Division 4 -- Access to information
- 33 Terms used in this Division
- 34 Application of this Division or order under it
- 35 Right under this Division to be treated as adequate reason
- 36 Court order excluding access to information
- 37 Access to certain court records
- 38 Access to registration of birth
- 39 Portion of registration of birth not referring to parentage order
- 40 If certain person deceased
- 41 If adult child cannot be contacted
Division 5 -- Other matters
PART 4 -- Other Acts amended
PART 4 -- Registration of information about certain parentage changes
- 56 Act amended
- 57 Section 104 amended