1807473 (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 prescribed by the relevant legislation. Specifically, the Tribunal had to consider the statutory deadline for lodging an application for review and whether the applicant had met this requirement.

The Tribunal found that the applicant's application for review was received on 20 March 2018, which was one day after the statutory deadline of 19 March 2018. As the application was not lodged in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application.

Consequently, the Tribunal made no order other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.