Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 55

55 Advertisements and other published matters

(1) A person must not publish an advertisement, statement, notice or other material that—

(a) is intended or likely to induce a person to agree to act as a birth mother; or

(b) seeks or purports to seek a person willing to act as a birth mother; or

(c) states or implies that a person is willing to agree to act as a birth mother; or

(d) states or implies that a person is willing to enter into a surrogacy arrangement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.

(2) In this section—

"publish" means publish to the public by television, radio, the internet, newspaper, periodical, notice, circular or other form of communication.