New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP ACT 1987 - SECT 25

25 Review of guardianship orders

(1) The Tribunal may, on its own motion, review any guardianship order.

(2) The Tribunal must review each guardianship order:

(a) at the request of any person entitled to request a review of the order, and

(b) at the expiration of the period for which the order has effect.

(3) Despite subsection (2) (b):

(a) a review required by that paragraph may be commenced before the expiration of the period concerned, and

(b) the Tribunal is not required to review a guardianship order under that paragraph if the order contains a statement (referred to in section 16 (2A)) to the effect that the order will not be reviewed at the expiration of the period for which it has effect.

(4) Before carrying out the review, the Tribunal must cause a notice specifying the date on which, and the time and place at which, the Tribunal will carry out the review to be served on each party to the proceedings. The review is taken to have commenced on the issue of such a notice.

(5) A failure to serve notice in accordance with this section does not vitiate the decision of the Tribunal on the review.

(6) If a review of a guardianship order is commenced but not completed before the expiration of the period specified in the order as the period for which the order has effect, the order is taken to be extended until the completion of the review.