1801081 (Refugee)

[2018] AATA 291

1801081 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 291 (16 February 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1801081

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                 Malaysia

MEMBER:Dr Colin Huntly

DATE:16 February 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Perth

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

Statement made on 16 February 2018 at 11:42am

CATCHWORDS
Refugee – Protection visa – Malaysia – No jurisdiction to review the decision

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, s.494C, s.65
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 [date] December 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 15 January 2018.  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 [in] December 2017 and dispatched by email.  The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.  This being the case, the last date on which the applicant could lodge a valid application for review with the Tribunal was [date] January 2018.

4. No submissions have been received from the applicant that might otherwise inform the Tribunal, despite an invitation to so do having been sent to the applicant [in] January 2018 with a response being due by [date] February 2018.

5. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 15 January 2018 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   DECISION

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

   Dr Colin Huntly
   Member