1725245 (Refugee)

The applicant sought a review of a decision by the Refugee Tribunal concerning a protection visa. The dispute centred on whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application, which had been lodged out of time. The matter came before Member Tania Flood of the Refugee Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, given that it was not received within the statutory timeframe prescribed by the relevant legislation.

Member Tania Flood determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements because it was received by the Tribunal on 17 October 2017, after the prescribed deadline. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

The Tribunal made no orders other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.