MQH [2018] NSWCATGD 11

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: MQH [2018] NSWCATGD 11 Hearing dates: 8 March 2018 Date of orders: 08 March 2018 Decision date: 08 March 2018 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: J C Simpson, Senior Member (Legal) Dr H Creasey AM, Senior Member (Professional) F N Given, General Member (Community) Decision: The application for a guardianship order is dismissed after hearing. Catchwords: GUARDIANSHIP – application for guardianship order – National Disability Insurance Scheme – family member unwilling to sign service agreements – disability service provider applying for Public Guardian to be appointed to sign service agreements – need for an order – services able to be provided without order – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), ss 4, 14(2) Cases Cited: IF v IG & Others [2004] NSWADTAP 3 Texts Cited: NDIS, Provider Toolkit Module 3: Terms of Business (30 March 2017) Office of the Public Advocate Victoria, Guide to NDIS Decision-making (January 2018) Category: Principal judgment Parties: 006: Guardianship Application

Ms MQH (the person) Ms DZB (applicant) Public Guardian Representation: Nil File Number(s): NCAT 2004/00262880 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)).