1823989 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The respondent was the Refugee Review Tribunal. The core of the dispute was whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application, which was lodged outside the prescribed time limit.

The legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider the applicant's application for review, given that the application was not lodged within the statutory timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 18 August 2018, which was beyond the time permitted by law. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements. As a result, the Tribunal found that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. The Tribunal therefore made no order in favour of the applicant.