1811456 (Refugee)

[2018] AATA 1975

1811456 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 1975 (18 May 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1811456

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                  Malaysia

MEMBER:Mila Foster

DATE:18 May 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

DECISION:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

Statement made on 18 May 2018 at 10:38am

CATCHWORDS
Refugee – Protection Visa – Malaysia – Application not made within required timeframe – Tribunal does not have jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 65, 494C
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 4.31(2)

Any references appearing in square brackets indicate that information has been omitted from this decision pursuant to section 431 of the Migration Act 1958 and replaced with generic information which does not allow the identification of an applicant, or their relative or other dependant.

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Immigration on 14 March 2018 to refuse to grant a protection visa under s.65 of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act). The review application was lodged with the Tribunal on 23 April 2018. For the following reasons, I find that the Tribunal has no jurisdiction to review the decision.

2. As the applicant was not in immigration detention on the day the applicant was notified of the decision, an application for review of the decision had to be made within 28 days, commencing on that day: r.4.31(2) of the Migration Regulations 1994.

3. The material before the Tribunal indicates that the applicant was notified of the decision by letter dated 14 March 2018 and dispatched by email. I am satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.

4. I find that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 14 March 2018: s.494C of the Act. Therefore the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 10 April 2018.

5. The applicant was invited to comment on the validity of his application but none have been received by the Tribunal.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 23 April 2018 the application for review was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and the Tribunal has no jurisdiction in this matter.

   DECISION

7. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

   Mila Foster
   Member