ERX [2016] NSWCATGD 15

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: ERX [2016] NSWCATGD 15 Hearing dates: 22 March 2016 Date of orders: 22 March 2016 Decision date: 22 March 2016 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: J Currie, Senior Member (Legal) M Wroth, Senior Member (Professional) S Rylands, General Member (Community) Decision: Guardianship order made; Public Guardian appointed for 12 months with limited accommodation and services functions. Catchwords: GUARDIANSHIP – application for a guardianship order – consideration of factors in section 4 of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) – consideration of factors in section 14(2) of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) – scope of functions to be given to guardian – need for coercive function Legislation Cited: Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), ss 4, 4(a), and 14(2) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Miss ERX (the subject person) Mr TJD (the applicant) The NSW Public Guardian Representation: Nil File Number(s): 61698 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 decided to make a continuing limited guardianship order for Miss ERX. The Public Guardian was appointed as Miss ERX's guardian for 12 months with the decision-making functions of accommodation and services.