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Guardianship application (NCAT Guardianship Division): completion guide, parties and supporting evidence
Link to NCAT's guardianship application and the related Guardianship Division forms, with a guide to who the application can be about, telling the person, evidence of disability and capacity, and serving every party including the Public Guardian.
- Kind
- Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Where it applies
- New South Wales
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 18 October 2026 against the official form at ncat.nsw.gov.au and the 3 authorities it cites, for New South Wales.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Link to the official form. Licence: © State of New South Wales (NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal). Link only: download the current form from NCAT each time; do not copy or adapt it.
Where this comes from
The official form is published by ncat.nsw.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.
When to use it
Use when applying to NCAT to appoint a guardian under the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) for a person over 16 who usually lives in NSW and has a decision-making disability. For financial decisions, use the financial management application.
Used for these tasks
- Prepare a guardianship or administration tribunal application pack
- Prepare a tribunal guardianship application checklist (NCAT/VCAT/QCAT/SAT)
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may check the application against the tribunal's form and organise the medical and other reports on file; the lawyer checks every statement about the person in each application, and the person's health information stays in approved tools only.
AI may
- Check every part of the draft application is complete and list missing information or attachments
- Index the medical and capacity reports to attach, with author, date and the decisions each report addresses
- Build the list of parties and people who must be sent a copy, from the file
AI must not
- Must not describe the person's disability, capacity or views in words the lawyer and applicant have not confirmed
- Must not assess the person's decision-making capacity or whether an order is needed
- Must not process the person's health information in a tool that is not approved for sensitive information
- Must not sign or lodge the application
The lawyer checks
- The person is over 16, usually lives in NSW, and has a decision-making disability
- The person has been told about the application, and their view recorded (or why they were not told)
- Written evidence of disability and decision-making capacity attached, or the reason it is not
- Previous NCAT applications or orders, and corresponding orders elsewhere in Australia or New Zealand, disclosed
- A copy of the application and attachments sent to every party, including the NSW Public Guardian
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer. Licence: © State of New South Wales (NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal). Link only: download the current form from NCAT each time; do not copy or adapt it..
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