📜 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025
The Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Bill 2025 establishes a contemporary framework for regulating assisted reproductive technology (ART) and surrogacy in Western Australia. It repeals existing legislation and introduces a single, cohesive Act, streamlining the regulation and management of ART and surrogacy.
Impact
This bill impacts individuals and couples seeking assisted reproductive technologies and surrogacy, including LGBTQI persons, single individuals, and intersex people. It aims to remove discriminatory barriers and expand eligibility for ART services, placing the best interests of the child at the centre of the reform.
Key Changes
Parliamentary Progress
- LA Second Reading MovedLA13 Aug 2025
- LA Second Reading SpeechLA13 Aug 2025
- LA IntroducedLA13 Aug 2025
- LA Consideration in DetailLA16 Sept 2025
- LA AmendedLA16 Sept 2025
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA16 Sept 2025
- LC Second Reading MovedLC18 Sept 2025
- LC Second Reading SpeechLC18 Sept 2025
- LA Third ReadingLA18 Sept 2025
- LC First ReadingLC18 Sept 2025
- LC Second Reading AgreedLC21 Oct 2025
- LC Consideration in DetailLC3 Dec 2025
- LC AmendedLC3 Dec 2025
- LC Third ReadingLC3 Dec 2025
- Royal Assent18 Dec 2025
Penalty Provisions18 found
Entering surrogacy arrangement for reward prohibited
“111. Entering surrogacy arrangement for reward prohibited”
Recruiting surrogates
“112. Recruiting surrogates”
Publishing certain information for surrogacy arrangement for reward
“149. Publishing certain information for surrogacy arrangement for reward”
Coercing person to enter surrogacy arrangement
“150. Coercing person to enter surrogacy arrangement”
Compliance with licence conditions
“196. Compliance with licence conditions”
Failure to comply with requirements imposed as part of disciplinary action or surrender
“197. Failure to comply with requirements imposed as part of disciplinary action or surrender”
Failure to notify reportable events
“198. Failure to notify reportable events”
Notice of changes affecting person with management or control
“199. Notice of changes affecting person with management or control”
False or misleading information in licensing application
“200. False or misleading information in licensing application”
Advertising
“201. Advertising”
Embryo unviable due to failure to follow policies and procedures
“202. Embryo unviable due to failure to follow policies and procedures”
Obstruction
“216. Obstruction”
Failure to comply with compliance notice
“225. Failure to comply with compliance notice”
False or misleading records
“42. False or misleading records”
Prohibition on commercial trading in reproductive material and embryos
“92. Prohibition on commercial trading in reproductive material and embryos”
Restrictions on creating embryos
“93. Restrictions on creating embryos”
Prohibition on cloning
“94. Prohibition on cloning”
False or misleading information
“95. False or misleading information”
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