Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) Each party to a surrogacy arrangement must, before entering into the arrangement, receive counselling about its effect.
(2) The intended parent or parents must receive counselling from a person who is different to the person from whom the birth parent and their partner, if any, receive their counselling.
(3) If there are 2 intended parents to the surrogacy arrangement, they may receive the counselling jointly or separately.
(4) If the birth parent's partner is a party to the surrogacy arrangement, the birth parent and their partner may receive the counselling jointly or separately.
(5) If the birth parent is to undergo a procedure with the intention of becoming pregnant as a result of the procedure, the counselling each party must receive under this section must be from a person who, or an entity providing counselling services that, is not connected with—
(a) the doctor who will carry out the procedure; or
(b) the institution where the procedure will be carried out; or
(c) another entity involved in carrying out the procedure.