1914699 (Refugee)

The applicant, a citizen of China, sought review of a decision by the Refugee Tribunal. The dispute concerned the timeliness of the applicant's application for review, which the Tribunal found was lodged out of time.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to hear the applicant's review application, given that it was not received within the prescribed statutory timeframe.

The Tribunal determined that the application for review was received on 9 June 2019, which was after the legislated deadline. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislation and therefore it lacked jurisdiction to consider the matter. The Tribunal made no orders as it found it had no jurisdiction.