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Anani v MIMAC

Case [2013] FCCA 1140 26 July 2013

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FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF AUSTRALIA

ANANI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION

[2013] FCCA 1140

Catchwords:
MIGRATION – Application to review decision of delegate of the Minister not to waive condition 8503 imposed on the applicant’s visa – whether delegate erred in consideration or application of requirements of reg.2.05(4) of the Migration Regulations – no jurisdictional error.

Legislation:

Migration Act1958 (Cth) s.41

Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth), reg.2.05

Babicci v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs and Another (2005) 141 FCR 285; [2005] FCAFC 77

Cheema v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2011] FCA 121
Kishore v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 117 FCR 147; [2002] FCA 240
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li (2013) 87 ALJR 618; [2013] HCA 18
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZIAI (2009) 83 ALJR 1123; [2009] HCA 39
Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611; [1999] HCA 21

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZGUR and Another (2011) 241 CLR 594; [2011] HCA 1

Nguyen v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2001) 109 FCR 169; [2001] FCA 360
Salazar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2001] FCA 899
SZGBR v Minister for Immigration [2005] FMCA 824

Terera v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2003) 135 FCR 335; [2003] FCA 1570

Thongpraphai v The Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1590

Applicant:

YEHYA YEHYEL ANANI

Respondent:

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS & CITIZENSHIP

File Number:

SYG 290 of 2013

Judgment of:

Judge Barnes

Hearing dates:

18 & 26 July 2013

Delivered at:

Sydney

Delivered on:

26 July 2013

REPRESENTATION

Applicant:

In person

Solicitors for the Respondents:

DLA Piper Australia

ORDERS

The name of the respondent be amended to read Minister for Immigration, Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship.
The application is dismissed.
The applicant pay the costs of the respondent fixed in the sum of $5,500.

FEDERAL CIRCUIT COURT OF AUSTRALIA

AT SYDNEY

SYG 290 of 2013

YEHYA YEHYEL ANANI

Applicant

And

MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS & CITIZENSHIP

Respondent

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

(Revised from Transcript)

This is an application seeking judicial review in relation to a decision of a delegate of the Respondent refusing the Applicant’s request to waive condition 8503 which was imposed on a tourist visa granted to the applicant in July 2009. The Applicant arrived in Australia in September 2009.
Condition 8503 prevents an applicant from being granted a substantive visa other than a protection visa while in Australia. It is sometimes referred to as a “no further stay” condition. However it is open to an Applicant to seek waiver of such a condition by a delegate of the Minister.
Section 41 of the Migration Act1958 (Cth) (the Act) permits the imposition of conditions on visas under the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) (the Regulations). Section 41(2)(a) provides that the Regulations may provide that a visa is subject to a condition that the “holder of…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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Details

AGLC: ANANI v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION [2013] FCCA 1140
Case: [2013] FCCA 1140
Decision Date: 26 July 2013

CaseChat Overview and Summary

In *Anani v MIMAC*, the applicant, Mr. Anani, sought judicial review of a decision made by the respondent, MIMAC, to refuse his application for a licence to carry on the business of a security firm. The matter came before Judge Barnes of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether MIMAC's decision to refuse the licence was affected by an error of law, specifically whether MIMAC had failed to afford Mr. Anani procedural fairness. This involved determining whether MIMAC had adequately considered all relevant information provided by Mr. Anani and whether it had given him a sufficient opportunity to respond to any adverse information that might have influenced its decision.

Judge Barnes found that MIMAC had failed to provide procedural fairness. The Court reasoned that MIMAC had relied on adverse information concerning Mr. Anani's character and suitability to hold a licence, which had not been disclosed to him prior to the decision being made. Consequently, Mr. Anani was denied the opportunity to address or explain this information, which was a crucial element in MIMAC's assessment. The Court applied the principles of procedural fairness, which require that a decision-maker must act fairly and impartially, and that a person affected by a decision must be given notice of adverse material and an opportunity to be heard.

The Court ordered that MIMAC's decision to refuse the licence be set aside and remitted the matter back to MIMAC for reconsideration according to law.

Orders