2013967 (Refugee)

The applicant, Alan McMurran, sought review of a decision. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered whether it had jurisdiction to hear the 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.

The Tribunal found that the application for review was received on 15 September 2020. As this date was outside the statutory time limit for lodging an application, the Tribunal concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the application. The Tribunal applied the principle that strict adherence to statutory timeframes is necessary for the conferral of jurisdiction.

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