52Prohibition on disclosure of information relating to surrogacy arrangements

#### 52 Prohibition on disclosure of information relating to surrogacy arrangements 52 Prohibition on disclosure of information relating to surrogacy arrangements > > (1) A person must not publish any material that identifies, or is reasonably likely to identify, a person as a person affected by a surrogacy arrangement. > > > > Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both. > > > (2) For the purposes of this section, each of the following persons is a person affected by a surrogacy arrangement— > > > > > (a) a child of a surrogacy arrangement, > > > > > (b) an affected party in relation to a surrogacy arrangement, > > > > > (c) a party to any proceedings under this Act (other than the Attorney General), > > > > > (d) a person whose consent to a surrogacy arrangement, or the making of a parentage order, is required under this Act. > > > (3) This section does not prohibit the publication of any material if— > > > > > (a) the person identified (or reasonably likely to be identified) as a person affected by a surrogacy arrangement consents to being identified, and > > > > > (b) the material does not identify (and is not reasonably likely to identify) any person affected by the surrogacy arrangement who does not consent to being identified. > > > (4) In this section, a reference to the consent of a person affected by a surrogacy arrangement is, if that person is a child of a surrogacy arrangement who is under 18 years of age, a reference to the consent of the person who has parental responsibility for the child. > > > (5) In this section— > > > > publish means disseminate or provide access, by any means, to the public or a section of the public.