1721725 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered a matter concerning a protection visa application. The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it retained jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision, given that the decision had already been the subject of a prior, valid review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal, constituted by Member Nora Lamont, reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it no longer had jurisdiction in relation to the delegate's decision. The Tribunal therefore made no order on the merits of the protection visa application itself, as the jurisdictional hurdle could not be overcome.