Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - 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.

Penalty—

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.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.