1820508 (Refugee)

This matter concerned a protection visa application where the applicant sought review of a delegate's decision. The applicant had previously sought review of the same delegate's decision, and that review had been validly conducted by the Tribunal.

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

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed, 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 second review of the same delegate's decision.

The Tribunal made no orders other than to state that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.