2103892 (Refugee)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for a protection visa. The applicant sought review of a delegate's decision, but the Tribunal found it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter.

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

The Tribunal reasoned that once a delegate's decision has been validly reviewed by the Tribunal, it ceases to be a reviewable decision. Consequently, the Tribunal's jurisdiction in relation to that specific decision is extinguished. The Tribunal therefore concluded it had no jurisdiction to entertain the current application.