Buttar (Migration)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) considered an application for review by Mr. Buttar concerning a Subclass 187 (Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme) visa. The core of the dispute was whether the Tribunal had jurisdiction to hear Mr. Buttar's application, which was lodged after the prescribed time limit.

The legal issue before the Tribunal was whether it possessed jurisdiction to consider Mr. Buttar's application for review, given that the application was received by the Tribunal two days after the statutory deadline. This question turned on whether the application had been made in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions.

The Tribunal, constituted by Member Denise Connolly, determined that it lacked jurisdiction. The reasoning was straightforward: the application for review was received by the Tribunal on 12 July 2019, which was outside the timeframe stipulated by the relevant legislation. Consequently, the Tribunal concluded that the application had not been made in accordance with the law, and therefore, it had no power to proceed with the review.