Queensland Consolidated Acts

SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 51

51 Hearing not to be in public

(1) This section applies to the hearing in the court or the Court of Appeal of a proceeding under this Act relating to a child.

(2) The hearing for the proceeding is not open to the public.

(3) Despite section 20 of the Childrens Court Act 1992 , a court must exclude from the room in which the court is sitting a person who is not—

(a) the child; or

(b) an applicant or an appellant; or

(c) a respondent; or

(d) a birth parent; or

(e) an intended parent; or

(f) a lawyer of a party to the proceeding or of a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) ; or

(g) a witness giving evidence.

(4) However, the court may permit a person to be present during the hearing if the court is satisfied it is in the interests of justice to do so.