1804367 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a delegate's decision concerning a protection visa. The Refugee Tribunal, constituted by Member Roslyn Smidt, considered whether it had jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it retained jurisdiction to review a delegate's decision when that decision had already been the subject of a valid review by the Tribunal.

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