1731074 (Refugee)

[2018] AATA 1972

1731074 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 1972 (2 May 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1731074

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                  Malaysia

MEMBER:Michael Hawkins

DATE:2 May 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Brisbane

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

Statement made on 02 May 2018 at 9:57am

CATCHWORDS

Refugee – Protection Visa – Malaysia – Application lodged out of time – No jurisdiction

LEGISLATION

Migration Act 1958, ss 65, 494C

Migration Regulations 1994, Schedule 2, r.4.31(2)

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 on 9 November 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 9 December 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 9 November 2017 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.

4. The Tribunal wrote to the applicant on 4 January 2018 inviting him to comment on the validity of the application for review, bringing to his attention all of the relevant dates. The Tribunal did not receive any reply.

5. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 9 November 2017. Therefore the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 6 December 2017.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 9 December 2017 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   DECISION

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

   Michael Hawkins
   Member