1932347 (Refugee)

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

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.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 13 November 2019. As this date was outside the statutory timeframe for lodging an application for review, the Tribunal determined that the application was not made in accordance with the relevant legislative requirements. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to proceed with the review.

The Tribunal made no orders as it determined it did not have jurisdiction in the matter.