1902697 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision concerning a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider whether it had jurisdiction to hear the review application.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether the application for review had been lodged within the time prescribed by the relevant legislation, and if not, whether the Tribunal possessed jurisdiction to consider the matter out of time.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 6 February 2019, which was outside the statutory time limit. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application had not been made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements. As a result, the Tribunal found that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

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