Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 58

58 Providing technical, professional or medical services for a commercial surrogacy arrangement

(1) A person must not intentionally provide a technical, professional or medical service to another person if—

(a) the person knows the other person is, or intends to be, party to a commercial surrogacy arrangement; and

(b) the person provides the service with the intention of assisting the other person to become pregnant for the purpose of the arrangement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if the person provides a technical, professional or medical service to a woman after she has become pregnant.