1817263 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The respondent was the Refugee Review Tribunal. The dispute concerned whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, which was lodged out of time.

The primary legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the application for review, given that the application was not received by the Tribunal within the prescribed timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was not received until 13 June 2018. As this date fell outside the statutory time limits for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal concluded that the application had not been made in accordance with the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal found that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal made no orders as it determined it had no jurisdiction.