Surrogacy Act 2010

This section applies to material (identifying material) that identifies, or is likely to lead to the identification of, a person as—

a child born as result of a surrogacy arrangement or a child to whom a court proceeding under this Act relates; or

a party to a surrogacy arrangement; or

a party to a court proceeding under this Act; or

a person whose consent to a surrogacy arrangement, or the making of a parentage order, is or was required.

A person must not publish identifying material unless written consent to the publication has been given, for each identified person, by—

for an identified person who is an adult—that person; or

for an identified person who is the child and under 18 years—

if the child is residing with the birth mother—the birth mother; or

otherwise—the intended parent, or intended parents.

Maximum penalty—

for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or

for a corporation—1,000 penalty units.

In this section—

identified person, in relation to identifying material, means a person identified by the material as a person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d).

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