2013128 (Refugee)

This matter concerned an application for a protection visa. The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to determine whether it had jurisdiction to consider the applicant's case.

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

The Tribunal reasoned that once a decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a "reviewable decision" for the purposes of further review by the Tribunal. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that it no longer possessed jurisdiction in relation to that specific decision. The Tribunal therefore held that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.