Guardianship Division fact sheets are available in the following categories.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Refer to our Procedural Directions and Guardianship Division Guidelines for guidance on specific issues that may arise during proceedings.
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