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What can SACAT resolve
- Housing and rentals
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- Administration Orders
- Reviews of SACAT decisions
- Consent to medical treatment
- Advance Care Directive
- Ageing and Adult Safeguarding
- Mental health
- Children and young people
- Disciplinary actions
- Reviews of government department decisions
- Equal opportunity
- Births, Deaths and Marriages
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- How SACAT works
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- About SACAT
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South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
https://sacat.sa.gov.au
1800 723 767
We are the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT).
SACAT resolves issues within specific areas of the law. We can hold conferences, conciliations or mediations and formal hearings. We also conduct reviews of government department decisions.
Urgent: SACAT is experiencing a city-wide power outage. It is unlikely that your hearing will proceed today unless you hear from us. We will contact you as soon as possible to reschedule.
Make an application
Check that you're eligible to make an application to SACAT, learn about the process and what to expect
Respond to a SACAT notice
What to do if you've received a SACAT Notice, your role and what will happen next
What happens next?
Take the next step in a proceeding which is already underway
Preparing your case
Learn about legal representation, how to call witnesses and providing documents
Attending a hearing
Important details about attending the Tribunal and what happens in person or digitallyAfter a hearing
Learn about the outcomes of SACAT proceedings and what to do if your situation has changed
Videos about the SACAT process
Welcome to SACAT (1:06)
Making an application (1:09)
Conferences and hearings (2:56)
After the hearing (1:22)
Types of matters SACAT can resolve
Housing and rentals
Breaches, end of tenancy, hardship, domestic violence, excessive rent and frustration.
Guardianship
SACAT can appoint a guardian to make accommodation, health and lifestyle decisions to support a person who has mental incapacity.
Administration
SACAT can appoint an administrator to make financial and business decisions for someone with a mental incapacity.
Mental health
SACAT can make and review certain orders regarding mental health matters under the Mental Health Act 2009.
Advance Care Directives (ACD)
An Advance Care Directive lets adults make arrangements for their future wishes and instructions.
Births, deaths and marriages
SACAT can make decisions under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1996 and review decisions of the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Reviews of government decisions
SACAT is able to conduct reviews of certain decisions made by the South Australian government.
Disciplinary
Applications can be made to SACAT when it is alleged that certain professionals act in a way that requires disciplinary action to be taken against them.
Equal opportunity
The Commissioner or any other person can apply to SACAT to be exempted from complying with a certain part of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984.
Children and young people
SACAT is a Tribunal that can review some decisions made by the Department for Child Protection (DCP).
South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
https://sacat.sa.gov.au
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