Document Management

Storing and sharing your documents

In Tasmania you can choose to register your Advance Care Directive with the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (TASCAT). To do this, complete and file an Application for registration of an Advance Care Directive.

Your Enduring Guardianship form must be registered with TASCAT. It isn’t legally binding until registered. You’ll need to complete a Coversheet for Service Tasmania to register the appointment of your enduring guardian.

• Download Enduring Guardianship forms and information.
• Read our general recommendations about storing and sharing your documents.

Making changes to documents

In Tasmania, you can’t change an Advance Care Directive after it’s been completed. If you wish to make any changes, you’ll need to legally cancel the Advance Care Directive and make a new one. There are instructions in the Advance Care Directive about how to cancel the document.

• If the Advance Care Directive is registered with TASCAT, the person must complete and lodge the Notice of Revocation of a Registered ACD Form with TASCAT.

If you wish to appoint a new Enduring Guardian or change your existing appointment, you must complete a new document. If you have an existing Enduring Guardian, your new appointment should clearly state that you revoke any existing appointment.

Any changes you make to an enduring guardianship instrument must be registered with TASCAT. TASCAT has produced a form and guide for making an application to review or revoke an Enduring Guardianship Instrument.

• You must complete an Instrument Revoking the Appointment of an Enduring Guardian.
• Learn more about making changes to documents.

Support and more information

Support to guide you through advance care planning, from starting conversations, completing the right documents and storing them safely.

National Advance Care Planning Advisory Service on 1300 208 582

8am to 4pm (AEST), Monday to Friday.