2010327 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister regarding a protection visa. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (the Tribunal) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to review this decision.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it retained jurisdiction to review a delegate's decision that had already been the subject of a previous, valid review by the Tribunal.

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by it, that decision ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal loses jurisdiction to conduct a further review of the same decision. The Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.