These factsheets intend to provide general information about SACAT procedure and specific information about the particular types of issues SACAT may resolve. They do not provide legal advice and do not relate to the circumstances of any individual matter. The contact details of organisations that may be able to assist you are available here (external site) (external site) (external site).

The Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) has Easy Read fact sheets available on their website about guardianship and administration orders. You can access them on OPA's website by clicking the following link: Easy Read fact sheets | Office of the Public Advocate (external site) (external site) (external site)

• Advance Care Directives

  Overview of Advance Care Directives

• Change of a child's name, sex and/or gender identity

  Application Type Contact List

  Applying to Change the Name of a Child

  Applying to Change the Sex or Gender Identity of a Child

  Information for Medical Practitioners and Psychologists

• Disciplinary Matters

  Disciplinary Matters - Architects and Vets

  Disciplinary Matters - General

  Disciplinary Matters - Health Practitioners

• Equal Opportunity Matters

  Equal Opportunity Complaints

• Guardianship & Administration

  Administration - Approval for Expenses & Significant Gifts

  Administration - Approval for Purchase of Real Estate

  Administration - Approval for Sale of Real Estate

  Administration - Approval for Sale or Purchase of Retirement Village Property

  Appointment as a Private Administrator

  Automatic Review of Guardianship and Administration Orders

  FAQs about Guardianship and Administration Applications

  FAQs about Guardianship and Administration Hearings

  Professional Applicants

  Providing Documents in Community Applications

  Special Powers Orders

  Statement of Appeal Rights - Guardianship and Administration

  Variation and Revocation of Guardianship & Administration Orders

• Housing

  An Introduction to SACAT in Tenancies & Housing

  Appeal Rights

  Dealing with Abandoned Goods - Landlords

  Enforcing a SACAT Order for Eviction

  Homelessness Support Services

  Interstate Disputes

  Appeal Rights - Magistrates Court

  Preparing for a SACAT hearing about a domestic abuse application

  Providing documents for Housing Matters

  Residential Parks

  Retirement Villages

  Rooming House Matters

  Tenancy Consent Orders

• Internal Review of SACAT decisions

  Internal Review of SACAT Decisions - General

  Internal Review of SACAT Decisions - Mental Health and Guardianship & Administration

• Mental Health

  Consent to Prescribed Psychiatric Treatment (ECT and Neurosurgery)

  Review of Mental Health Orders - CTO

  Review of Mental Health Orders - ITO

• NDIS

  The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and SACAT

• Review of government decisions

  Review of Working with Children Check Decisions

  Review of Decisions under the Dog and Cat Management Act

  Review of Department for Child Protection Decisions (Information for Adults)

  Review of Department for Child Protection Decisions (Information for Young People)

  Review of Firearms Decisions

  Review of Freedom of Information Determinations

• SACAT process and procedure

  Applying for a Stay of a SACAT Order

  Applying to SACAT for Review due to Non-Attendance

  Appointment of Litigation Guardians

  Assistance of a Decision-Maker in Administrative Review Matters

  Attending a SACAT Hearing - Guardianship and Administration

  SACAT Hearings and Decisions - Open Justice

  Requesting an Adjournment or Telephone Attendance - Guardianship and Administration

  Requesting an Adjournment or Telephone Attendance - Housing