1812712 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a delegate's decision concerning a protection visa application. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered whether it had jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it retained 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 delegate's decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it is no longer a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a further review of that decision. The Tribunal therefore determined that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.