1804010 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The dispute centred on whether the applicant's application for review was lodged within the prescribed time limit. The matter came before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the applicant's application for review of the original decision was made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions, specifically concerning the time within which such an application must be lodged.

The Tribunal reasoned that the applicant was taken to have been notified of the original decision in January 2018. Consequently, the prescribed period for lodging an application for review expired in February 2018. As the application for review was received by the Tribunal on 15 February 2018, it was not made within the statutory timeframe. The Tribunal concluded that it therefore lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application.

The Tribunal ordered that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.