1806842 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered a matter concerning a protection visa application. The applicant sought a review of a delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review a delegate's decision that 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 subsequent review of the same decision.

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