Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SUBSTITUTE PARENT AGREEMENTS ACT 1994 (NO 69 OF 1994)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   1.      This Act may be cited as the Substitute Parent Agreements Act 1994.  
   3.      In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“commercial substitute parent agreement” means a substitute parent agreement under which a person agrees to make or give to another person a payment or reward, other than for or on account for expenses connected with—  
   4.      A person who does an act prohibited by this Act is guilty of an offence under this Act if—  
   5.      A person shall not enter into a commercial substitute parent agreement.  
   6.      A person shall not procure another person to enter into a substitute parent agreement with a third person unless the first-mentioned person intends to be a party to the agreement.  
   7.      A person shall not publish an advertisement, notice or document—  
   8.      A person shall not knowingly provide any professional or technical services to another person to facilitate a person who is, or intends to be, a party to a commercial substitute parent agreement becoming pregnant for the purpose of the agreement.  
   9.      A substitute parent agreement is void.  
   10.     Despite section 9, in any action or proceeding in connection with a substitute parent agreement, the welfare and interests of the child born as a result of a pregnancy that was the subject of the agreement shall be regarded as the paramount consideration.