Bills

Statutes Amendment (Surrogacy Eligibility) Bill

Final Stages

The House of Assembly agreed to amendments Nos 2 to 5 made by the Legislative Council without any amendment and has agreed to amendment No. 1 with an amendment as indicated in the following schedule:

No. 1. New clauses, page 2, after line 11—Before clause 4 insert:

3A—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

Section 3—after the definition of recognised surrogacy agreement insert:

registered objector—see section 8(3).

3B—Amendment of section 6—Eligibility for registration

Section 6—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

(2) The fact that an applicant for registration has a religious objection to the provision of assisted reproductive treatment to another on the basis of the other's sexual orientation or gender identity, or marital status is not, of itself, grounds for finding that a person is not fit and proper to be registered.

3C—Amendment of section 8—Registration

(1) Section 8(2)—after paragraph (b) insert:

(ab) if the person notifies the Minister that the person has a religious objection to the provision of assisted reproductive treatment to another on the basis of the other's sexual orientation or gender identity, or marital status—that fact; and

(2) Section 8—after subsection (2) insert:

(3) A person referred to in subsection (2)(ab) may, for the purposes of this or any other Act, be referred to as a registered objector.

(4) The Minister must publish the Register on a website maintained by the Minister for the purpose.

House of Assembly's Amendment thereto

Proposed new clause 3C—delete subsection (2) (4)