1804259 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to hear the application for review.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the time limit prescribed by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received by the Tribunal on 19 February 2018. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application.

The Tribunal made no order as to costs and dismissed the application for review.