1802838 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister regarding a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed the authority to conduct a second review of a decision that had already been the subject of a prior, valid review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has undergone a valid review by the AAT, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review by the Tribunal. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a second review of the same decision. The Tribunal therefore determined that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.