1722221 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister regarding a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application.

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

The Tribunal reasoned that once a delegate's decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it no longer possessed jurisdiction to entertain a subsequent application for review concerning that same decision.

The Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.