Public Guardian Act 2014

After the public guardian has carried out an investigation or audit in relation to an adult, the public guardian—

must make a written report; and

must inform each of the following persons, in a way the public guardian considers appropriate, of the results of the investigation or audit—

the person at whose request the investigation or audit was carried out;

every attorney, guardian or administrator for the adult;

if the adult has died—the adult’s personal representative; and

may give a copy of the report to a person mentioned in paragraph (b).

It is a lawful excuse for the publication of a defamatory statement made in the report that the publication is made in good faith and is, or purports to be, made for this Act.

If an interested person asks to be informed of the results of the investigation or audit, the public guardian must inform the interested person in a way the public guardian considers appropriate.

If a report made by the public guardian contains information about a person and the public guardian considers it appropriate to protect the person’s identity, the public guardian may remove, from the copy of the report given under subsection (1), information likely to result in the person’s identification.

In this section—

an attorney under a power of attorney; or

an attorney under an advance health directive.