After Hours - on call guardian

For service providers

The Office of the Public Guardian provides an emergency after hours on-call guardian service. This service is for government and non-government services (hospitals, police, residential facilities and support providers) ONLY.

The on-call guardian is available for:

• Urgent substitute decisions on behalf of an existing represented person that cannot wait until the next business day;
• Facilitating requests for emergency guardianship orders (outside of business hours) that cannot wait until the next business day*.

For information about what an emergency is defined as and new emergency orders, please refer to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT) fact sheet What is an Emergency?

Office Business Hours:

• Monday to Friday: 9:00am to 5:00pm

After-Hours availability:

• Weekdays: 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm
• Weekends and Public Holidays: 8:00 am to 11:00 pm

To contact the on-call guardian, please call (03) 6165 3444.

* Applications for emergency guardianship orders during business hours should be directed to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TasCAT) - Protective Division - Guardianship Stream. More information can be found in the emergency application section.