Order in Council application | Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

An Order in Council (OIC) request is made by out of jurisdiction parties that seek limited authority to manage assets of an incapable adult that are held within British Columbia. An example of the scope of this limited authority would be to redirect a government pension to a financial account in the adult’s local jurisdiction, or to sell the adult’s real property located in British Columbia. Please see Section 31(1) of the Patients Property Act.

Information you provide is for the purpose of providing comment or consent on a legal submission. Information is collected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA) and other applicable legislation. If you have any questions about the collection, use or disclosure of information, contact the PGT’s Information and Privacy Officer, at 604-660-4444 or mail@trustee.bc.ca.

Legal review application form

Referring party information

Organization name

For example: name of legal firm

Applicant first name

Applicant last name

Contact phone number

Contact email address

Contact street address

City

Province/State

Postal code/ZIP code

Country

Subjects of Legal Submissions

Subject of Legal Submission 1

Subject's first name

Subject's last name

Subject's date of birth

Street address

City

Province/State

Postal code/ZIP code

Country

Deceased person information, if applicable

Is there a deceased party involved in this submission?

Yes

Deceased first name

Deceased last name

Date of death

Street address

City

Province/State

Postal code/ZIP code

Country

Is there a hearing date set?

Yes

Hearing date

Finalize

Additional notes

e.g Reason for serving the PGT, supplemental information, etc.

Is this submission urgent?

Yes

Please describe the reason for the urgency

Document upload

Required documents:

Cover Letter
Correspondence including the adult's out-of-province address, contact information and a description of the circumstance leading to the legislative Order in Council
Copy of Authority: Court Order OR Certificate of Incapability
Out of Province Medical Assessments
Court Order allowing Out of Province Committee to Deal with Assets in B.C.
Title of BC Property (Optional)

Document file types can be any and only these formats: .pdf, .doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .rtf, .txt, .jpg, .jpeg, .tiff, .tif, .csv, or .png.

Each file must be under 25 MB, and the form has a 150 MB limit for all attachments.

Please do not password-protect files, as this will prevent the PGT's system from scanning for viruses. Files that cannot be checked for viruses will be securely deleted.

Please be advised: You will receive a system-generated email confirming receipt of these documents however, personal service of these documents has not been accepted by the PGT unless and until a member of the PGT Legal Services team confirms service in writing.

Mandatory Fields

Download a copy of your submission for your records before you submit. You will not be able to save a copy of the form after you submit it.

Mandatory Fields