Offering or providing assistance to enter into surrogacy arrangement
49 Offering or providing assistance to enter into surrogacy arrangement
A person commits an offence if:
the person intentionally provides services or intentionally offers services; and
the services consist of assistance for another person to enter into a surrogacy arrangement; and
the person has knowledge of the circumstance specified in paragraph (b); and
the person is not a legal practitioner representing a person seeking legal assistance in relation to the surrogacy arrangement;
and
the person asks to receive or receives payment, reward or other material benefit or advantage for the conduct specified in paragraph
.
Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.
Examples for subsection (1)(b)
1 Introducing people who are looking to enter into a surrogacy arrangement.
2 Arranging a surrogacy arrangement or negotiating a surrogacy arrangement.
Strict liability applies to subsection (1)(d) and (e).
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