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?

A fact sheet for service providers is also available.

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.