1825831 (Refugee)

[2018] AATA 4604

1825831 (Refugee) [2018] AATA 4604 (28 September 2018)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  1825831

COUNTRY OF REFERENCE:                  Ghana

MEMBER:Linda Symons

DATE:28 September 2018

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

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

Statement made on 28 September 2018 at 3:20pm

CATCHWORDS
REFUGEE – Protection visa – Ghana – review application lodged out of time – no jurisdiction


LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 65
Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), r 4.31

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 1 August 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 4 September 2018. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has found that it 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 1 August 2018 and dispatched by email. The Tribunal is satisfied that the applicant was notified of the decision in accordance with the statutory requirements.

4. On 13 September 2018, the Tribunal wrote to the applicant inviting him to make comments in writing by 27 September 2018 on whether a valid application for review had been made. This letter was sent to him by email on 13 September 2018. The email was not returned undelivered. The Tribunal has not received any response to its letter dated 13 September 2018.

5. The Tribunal finds that the applicant is taken to have been notified of the decision on 1 August 2018: s.494C of the Act. Therefore, the prescribed period to apply for review ended on 28 August 2018.

6. As the application for review was not received by the Tribunal until 4 September 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.

   Linda Symons
   Member