CFD18 v Minister for Immigration

CFD18 (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision by the Immigration Assessment Authority (the Authority) to affirm the refusal of their application for a Safe Haven Enterprise visa. The applicant contended that the Authority had made a jurisdictional error in its assessment of their application.

The central legal issue before the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia was whether the Authority had misinterpreted section 473DD of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth) in a manner that constituted a jurisdictional error. This required the Court to consider the scope of the Authority's powers and the proper construction of the relevant legislative provision governing its decision-making process.

Judge Humphreys found that the Authority had not misinterpreted section 473DD of the Act. The Court reasoned that the Authority had correctly applied the statutory criteria and had not acted outside its legal authority. Consequently, no jurisdictional error was established. The application for judicial review was therefore dismissed.