1803395 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The application for review was lodged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been made within the prescribed period, thereby conferring jurisdiction on the Tribunal to hear the matter.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 8 February 2018. Applying the relevant legislative provisions, the Tribunal determined that this date fell outside the prescribed period for lodging an application for review. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the applicant's case.

The Tribunal made no order as to costs and determined that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.