Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsBefore a surrogacy arrangement is entered into the commissioning parent, the surrogate mother and the surrogate mother's partner, if any, must—
(a) undergo counselling, by a counsellor providing services on behalf of a registered ART provider, about the social and psychological implications of entering into the arrangement, including counselling about the prescribed matters; and
(b) undergo counselling about the implications of the relinquishment of the child and the relationship between the surrogate mother and the child once it is born; and
(c) obtain information about the legal consequences of entering into the arrangement.