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SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 53
Restricted access to court records
(1) A person (including a party to any proceedings before the Court and any
news media organisation) is not entitled to access court records that relate
to proceedings in respect of a parentage order, except with leave of the
Court.
(2) An application for leave by a child of a surrogacy arrangement who
is under 18 years of age can be made only with the consent of the person or
persons who have parental responsibility for the child.
(3) The Court can
impose conditions on access granted by leave of the Court.
(4) Section 21 of
the Court Information Act 2010 applies in relation to a condition of access
imposed under this section in the same way as it applies to a condition of
access imposed under that Act. Note : Section 21 of the Court Information Act
2010 makes it an offence to disclose or use information for a purpose or in a
manner that the person knows is contrary to a condition of access imposed by
the Court.
(5) The restriction on access imposed by this section has effect
despite anything to the contrary in the Court Information Act 2010 .
(6)
Rules of court may be made for or with respect to the grant of leave under
this section.
(7) In this section:
"court record" has the same meaning as it has in the Court Information Act
2010 .
"news media organisation" has the same meaning as it has in section 10 of the
Court Information Act 2010 .
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