SCO [2015] NSWCATGD 32

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: SCO [2015] NSWCATGD 32 Hearing dates: 4 June 2015 Date of orders: 04 June 2015 Decision date: 04 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: L Organ, Senior Member (Legal) S Taylor, Senior Member (Professional) R Manga, General Member (Community) Decision: Guardianship order made for a period of 12 months;

Public Guardian appointed with accommodation, health care, medical and dental treatment, advocacy and legal services. Catchwords: GUARDIANSHIP – where person in immigration detention – risk of being deported from Australia – risk to the person's health due to lack of support available in third country – poor or partial insight into his mental illness – need for advocacy and legal services functions – guardianship order made. Legislation Cited: Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Cases Cited: IF v IG [2004] NSWADTAP 3 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr SCO (the subject person) Ms BMT (the applicant) The Public Guardian Representation: Nil File Number(s): 60557 Publication restriction: Decisions of the Guardianship Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal have been anonymised to remove any information that may identify any person involved in the Tribunal's proceedings (s 65, Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW)).

REASONS FOR DECISION

GUARDIANSHIP APPLICATION

What the Tribunal decided 1. The Tribunal appointed the Public Guardian as Mr SCO's guardian for a period of twelve months to make decisions about his accommodation, health care and medical and dental treatment, legal services which he should receive and to advocate on his behalf as set out in the Tribunal's order.