2120121 (Refugee)

[2022] AATA 1356

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DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

CASE NUMBER:  2120121

MEMBER:Mr S Norman

DATE:29 March 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

DECISION:The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

Statement made on 29 March 2022 at 1:31pm

CATCHWORDS
REFUGEE – Protection Visa – China – application was not valid – no jurisdiction to review a decision twice – non-reviewable decision – no jurisdiction

LEGISLATION
Migration Act 1958, s 65

CASES

Jayasinghe v MIEA (1997) 76 FCR 301
SZASP v MIAC [2007] FCA 771
SZBWJ v MIAC [2008] FMCA 164

Any references appearing in square brackets indicate that information has been omitted from this decision pursuant to section 431 of the Migration Act 1958 and replaced with generic information which does not allow the identification of an applicant, or their relative or other dependant.

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision of a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs on 21 May 2019 to refuse to grant a protection visa under s 65 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (the Act).

2. The review application was lodged with the Tribunal on 28 December 2021. For the following reasons, the Tribunal has found that it has no jurisdiction to review the decision.

3. By letter dated 21 January 2022 (dispatched by email), the Tribunal advised the applicant that an application for review of the same delegate’s decision was previously made to the Tribunal. The Tribunal made a decision on that application on 22 October 2021 (AAT # 1913913). Where the Tribunal has received a valid application for review of a reviewable decision and carried out its statutory duty to review the decision under the Act, the decision is no longer a reviewable decision: SZBWJ v MIAC [2008] FMCA 164 at [41] and the cases cited therein. The Tribunal has no jurisdiction to review a delegate’s decision twice: Jayasinghe v MIEA (1997) 76 FCR 301 and SZASP v MIAC [2007] FCA 771.

4. The Tribunal invited the applicant to comment in writing by 4 February 2022. However, at the time and date of this decision, no further evidence or submissions were lodged.

5. As the delegate’s decision has already been the subject of a valid review by the Tribunal, it is no longer a reviewable decision. Accordingly, the Tribunal no longer has jurisdiction in relation to that decision.

   DECISION

6. The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

   Mr S Norman
   Member