1608855 (Refugee)

The applicant sought judicial review of a decision by the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT) to dismiss their application for a protection visa. The RRT had found that the application for review was lodged out of time, and therefore, the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's claim.

The central legal issue before the Federal Circuit Court was whether the RRT had correctly determined that it lacked jurisdiction due to the late lodgement of the application for review. This required the Court to consider the relevant legislative provisions governing the timeframes for lodging applications for review with the RRT.

The Court found that the application for review was received by the Tribunal on [date A] June 2016, which was outside the prescribed time limits. Applying the relevant legislative framework, the Court concluded that the RRT had no jurisdiction to hear the matter. Consequently, the Court upheld the RRT's decision.