A man accused of running a fake whale euthanasia charity to sell drugs that aided a person with quadriplegia to take his own life will remain in custody.

Brett Daniel Taylor is one of three people charged over a police probe into the alleged assisted suicide of the Gold Coast man, with about 20 other deaths being investigated.

Taylor, a 53-year-old business owner, was not required to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland's Gold Coast today.

During a brief court mention, Taylor's solicitor Billy Gee did not apply for bail and asked for an adjournment.

"We have a conference booked with Mr Taylor next week on Thursday," Gee said.

Taylor is charged with aiding in the suicide of 43-year-old David Llewellyn Bedford at Hope Island on April 11.

Bedford was a former chef who was

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