1805151 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister regarding a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider the delegate's decision.

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

The Tribunal reasoned that once a delegate's decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a second review of the same delegate's decision.

The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction in the matter.