Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024
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Prohibition of commercial surrogacy - domestic surrogacy | ||
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57. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a surrogacy agreement is a commercial surrogacy agreement if any person— | ||
(a) receives or agrees to receive any payment or other reward in consideration of entering into or giving effect to the agreement, | ||
(b) offers, makes or gives, or agrees to offer, make or give, any payment or other reward in consideration of entering into or giving effect to the agreement, or | ||
(c) receives, makes or gives, or agrees to receive, make or give, any payment or other reward in consideration of facilitating the entering into or giving effect to the agreement. | ||
(2) Any reference to payment or other reward in subsection (1) shall not include fees paid for legal advice referred to in section 52 (4) or 61 or a surrogate mother’s reasonable expenses as construed in accordance with section 58 . | ||
(3) A person shall not do an act which falls within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1). |