1803709 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa application. The dispute arose from the applicant's failure to lodge their application for review within the statutory timeframe prescribed by the relevant legislation. The decision was made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application, given that it was received by the Tribunal on 12 February 2018, after the legislated deadline for lodgement.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements because it was received by the Tribunal after the statutory timeframe had expired. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter.

The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction to proceed with the review.