Guardianship Division fact sheets

Guardianship Division fact sheets are available in the following categories.

Easy Read fact sheets

Fact sheet	Description
What does the Guardianship Division do? (Easy Read) (PDF, 4.4 MB)	Easy Read information about the role of the Guardianship Division.
Ending or changing your financial management order (Easy Read) (PDF, 7.3 MB)	Easy Read information if you want to end or change your financial management order.
What to expect at a Guardianship Division hearing (Easy Read) (PDF, 1.1 MB)	Easy Read information on what you can expect at a hearing.
Restrictive practices and guardianship (Easy Read) (PDF, 2.1 MB)	Easy Read information about the decisions a guardian can make with restrictive practices.
Separate representatives (Easy Read) (PDF, 2.5 MB)	Easy Read information about separate representatives.
What is a guardianship order (Easy Read) (PDF, 3.1 MB)	Easy Read information about what is a guardianship order.
What is a financial management order (Easy Read) (PDF, 3.6 MB)	Easy Read information about what is a financial management order.

About the Guardianship Division

Fact sheet	Description
Role of the Guardianship Division (PDF , 199.1 KB)	Explains the role of the Guardianship Division at NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).
Three separate organisations (PDF , 218.5 KB)	Explains how three separate organisations work together for people with disabilities.
Providing information to the Guardianship Division (PDF , 193.6 KB)	Details on the confidentiality and disclosure of information provided to NCAT's Guardianship Division.
Who can help you with your Guardianship Division application? (PDF , 77.5 KB)	List of organisations that can help you with your Guardianship Division application.

Guardianship and financial management

Fact sheet	Description
What is a guardianship order? (PDF, 201.1 KB)	Information on what it means when NCAT makes a guardianship order.
What is a financial management order? (PDF, 254.7 KB)	Information on what it means when NCAT makes a financial management order.
Appointment of a financial manager and/or guardian - information for applicants (PDF, 142.3 KB)	Read this fact sheet before you apply to NCAT to appoint a financial manager and/or guardian.
Request to review a guardianship order - information for applicants (PDF, 99.3 KB)	Read this fact sheet before you apply to NCAT to review a guardianship order.
Review or revoke a financial management order - information for applicants (PDF, 114.3 KB)	Read this fact sheet before you apply to NCAT to review or revoke a financial management order.
Restrictive practices and guardianship (PDF, 157.1 KB)	Information about the decisions a guardian can make with restrictive practices.
Restrictive practices and guardianship (Easy Read version) (PDF, 4.0 MB)	Easy read: Information about the decisions a guardian can make with restrictive practices.
Guardianship hearings (PDF, 117.2 KB)	Information on what to expect at the hearing of a guardianship application at NCAT.
What happens after a guardianship hearing? (PDF, 157.1 KB)	Information on what happens after NCAT's Guardianship Division makes orders for guardianship.
Review of guardianship orders (PDF, 103.9 KB)	Information about how NCAT's Guardianship Division conducts hearings for the review of guardianship orders.
Financial management hearings (PDF, 143.1 KB)	Information on what to expect at the hearing of a financial management application at NCAT.
What happens after a financial management hearing? (PDF, 105.9 KB)	Information on what happens after NCAT's Guardianship Division makes orders for financial management.
Review or revoke financial management orders (PDF, 119.3 KB)	Information about how NCAT conducts hearings for the review or revocation of financial management orders.
Making an application about yourself (PDF, 208.9 KB)	Information to help you make an application about yourself to NCAT's Guardianship Division on guardianship or financial management orders.
Ending or changing your guardianship order (PDF, 68.8 KB)	Information to help you make an application to end or change your guardianship order.
Ending or changing your financial management order (PDF, 68.9 KB)	Information to help you make an application to end or change your financial management order or replace your financial manager with someone else.

Enduring guardianship and enduring power of attorney

For information about appointing an enduring guardian or making an enduring power of attorney, visit the NSW Trustee & Guardian website.

Fact sheet	Description
Review of an enduring guardianship appointment (PDF , 114.9 KB)	Information about how you apply to have an enduring guardianship appointment reviewed.
Review of an Enduring Power of Attorney (PDF , 119.9 KB)	Information about how you apply for a review of the making and/or the operation and effect of an Enduring Power of Attorney.
Review a revocation of an Enduring Power of Attorney (PDF , 100.5 KB)	Information about how you apply for a review of a revocation of an Enduring Power of Attorney.

Consent to medical or dental treatment

Fact sheet	Description
Consent to medical or dental treatment (PDF, 196.5 KB)	Introducing NCAT as the one stop shop for specialist tribunal services in NSW.
Consent to special treatments (PDF, 140.5 KB)	Information on how NCAT provides consent to special treatment intended or reasonably likely to cause permanent infertility.
Person responsible (PDF, 137.7 KB)	Information on the rights and responsibilities of a 'person responsible'.
Medical consent regimes (PDF, 210.8 KB)	Table setting out the consent regimes for persons under the mental health and guardianship legislation.
Special medical treatment for people under 16 years (PDF, 118.8 KB)	Information on how NCAT provides consent to special medical treatment on a child under 16 years.
Special medical treatment (PDF, 119.0 KB)	Information on how NCAT deals with applications for consent to special medical treatment.
Clinical trials (PDF, 132.9 KB)	Information on how NCAT determines applications for the approval of clinical trials which seek to involve a person with a decision making disability.

Hearings

Fact sheet	Description
What to expect at a Guardianship Division hearing (PDF, 118.6 KB)	Information on what you can expect at a hearing conducted by NCAT's Guardianship Division.
What to expect at a Guardianship Division hearing (Easy Read version) (PDF, 1.1 MB)	Easy Read version: Information on what you can expect at a hearing conducted by NCAT's Guardianship Division.
Who is a party to proceedings in the Guardianship Division? (PDF, 72.6 KB)	Read this fact sheet to identify who is a party to proceedings in the Guardianship Division.
Applying to be joined as a party in the Guardianship Division (PDF, 77.5 KB)	Information on applying to be joined as a party to Guardianship Division proceedings.
Representation at a Guardianship Division hearing (PDF, 112.7 KB)	Information about representation in NCAT's Guardianship Division.
What is a separate representative? (PDF, 65.9 KB)	Information about the use of separate representatives in NCAT's Guardianship Division.
Decision timeframes in the Guardianship Division (PDF, 63.8 KB)	Information on when you can expect to receive a decision from NCAT's Guardianship Division.

Reviews and appeals

Fact sheet	Description
Reviews and appeals in the Guardianship Division (PDF , 182.8 KB)	Information about the difference between the review and appeal of a Guardianship Division decision.

Procedural Directions and Guidelines

Refer to our Procedural Directions and Guardianship Division Guidelines for guidance on specific issues that may arise during proceedings.