2213421 (Refugee)

The applicant sought review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister regarding a protection visa application. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was asked to consider this matter.

The central legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to review the delegate's decision, given that the decision had previously been the subject of a 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" for the purposes of further applications for review. Consequently, the Tribunal determined that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain a repeat review application concerning the same delegate's decision. The Tribunal therefore concluded that it did not have jurisdiction in this matter.