Prior surrogacy arrangements
57 Prior surrogacy arrangements
Subject to subsection (2), a parentage order may be made in relation to a surrogacy arrangement entered into before the commencement.
The provisions of this Act apply in relation to the surrogacy arrangement and any subsequent parentage order, subject to the following:
the surrogacy arrangement is not required to comply with section 14;
no legal advice or certificate is required to be given in accordance with sections 20 and 21;
no counselling is required to be given in accordance with sections 22 and 23;
a surrogate mother may be under 25 years of age, contrary to section 17(a), if at least 18 years of age at the time the surrogacy arrangement was entered into;
an intended parent may be under 25 years of age, contrary to by section 18(1)(a), if at least 18 years of age at the time the surrogacy arrangement was entered into;
the application for the parentage order may be made later than
180 days after the birth of the child, contrary to section 26(2)(b), if made within 2 years from the commencement or such longer period as the Local Court may allow in exceptional circumstances.
In this section:
commencement means the commencement of section 2.
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