1807755 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision by the Minister to refuse to grant a protection visa. The application for review was lodged with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) on 22 March 2018.

The primary legal issue before the AAT was whether it had jurisdiction to consider the application for review, given that it was lodged outside the prescribed time limits.

The AAT Member, Brendan Darcy, found that the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 22 March 2018. As this date was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

Consequently, the AAT made an order that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.