1807738 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered a matter concerning a protection visa application. The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision, given that the decision had previously been the subject of a valid review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by the AAT, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review by the Tribunal. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a further review of the same decision. The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction.