1722291 (Refugee)

[2017] AATA 1980

1722291 (Refugee) [2017] AATA 1980 (13 October 2017)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1722291

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                  China

MEMBER:C. Packer

DATE:13 October 2017

PLACE OF DECISION:  Melbourne

DECISION:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

Statement made on 13 October 2017 at 2:48pm

CATCHWORDS
Refugee – Protection visa – China – Application for review lodged out of time

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, s 65, 494C
Migration Regulations 1994, r 4.31

Any references appearing in square brackets indicate that information has been omitted from this decision pursuant to section 431 of the Migration Act 1958 and replaced with generic information which does not allow the identification of an applicant, or their relative or other dependant.

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration [in] August 2017 to refuse to grant a protection visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). The review application was lodged with the Tribunal on 19 September 2017. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has found that it has no jurisdiction to review the decision.

2. As the applicant was not in immigration detention on the day the applicant was notified of the decision, an application for review of the decision had to be made within 28 days, commencing on that day: r.4.31(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

3. The material before the Tribunal indicates that the applicant was notified of the decision by letter dated [in] August 2017 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements. The last day for lodging the application for review was therefore [in] September 2017. The Tribunal wrote to the applicant advising this and inviting the applicant to comment on the information. However, no response was received in the time provided.

4. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision [in] August 2017: s.494C of the Act. Therefore the prescribed period to apply for review ended [in] September 2017. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 19 September 2017 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   DECISION

5. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

   C. Packer
   Member