Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

SUBSTITUTE PARENT AGREEMENTS ACT 1994 (NO. 69 OF 1994) - SECT 7

7. A person shall not publish an advertisement, notice or document—

        (a)     intended or likely to induce a person to enter into a substitute parent agreement;

        (b)     seeking or purporting to seek a person who is willing to enter into a substitute parent agreement; or

        (c)     stating or implying that a person is willing to enter into a substitute parent agreement.

Penalty:

        (a)     where the offence relates to a commercial substitute parent agreement—$5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both;

        (b)     in any other case—$5,000.