Public Guardian Act 2014

As soon as practicable after the close of each financial year but not later than 4 months after the close, the public guardian must—

prepare a report on the performance of the public guardian’s functions during the year, including—

a report on the performance of the adult guardian functions; and

a report on the performance of the child advocate functions; and

give a copy of the report to the Minister.

The public guardian must include in the annual report a report on each of the following—

the operations of community visitors during the year, including the number of entries of visitable sites outside normal hours authorised by the public guardian;

the number of notices under the Mental Health Act 2016, section 231, received by the public guardian during the year, about the admission of minors to authorised mental health services;

the operations of community visitors (child) during the year relating to the minors mentioned in paragraph (b), including—

the number of entries of visitable sites relating to the minors made by the visitors; and

the types of issues, affecting the rights and interests of the minors, raised by the visitors.

The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative Assembly within 14 sitting days after receiving the report.