Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd (Migration)

[2022] AATA 2698

Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd (Migration) [2022] AATA 2698 (10 February 2022)

DECISION RECORD

DIVISION:Migration & Refugee Division

APPLICANT:  Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd

REPRESENTATIVE:  Mr Tonio Thomas (MARN: 1174825)

CASE NUMBER:  1924011

HOME AFFAIRS REFERENCE(S):          BCC2016/3217763

MEMBER:Namoi Dougall

DATE:10 February 2022

PLACE OF DECISION:  Sydney

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

Statement made on 10 February 2022 at 7:26pm

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION – nomination of a position – applicant business deregistered – no standing to continue with application for review – no legal entity – no jurisdiction        

LEGISLATION

Corporations Act 2001, s 601
Migration Act 1958
Migration Regulations 1994

STATEMENT OF DECISION AND REASONS

APPLICATION FOR REVIEW

1. This is an application for review of a decision made by a delegate of the Minister for Home Affairs on 22 August 2019 made by Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd. For the following reasons, the Tribunal finds that it does not have jurisdiction.

2. Information from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) register shows that Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd was deregistered on 10 January 2021. There is no evidence before the Tribunal that the company’s registration has been reinstated with ASIC since that time.

3. Generally speaking, a company that is deregistered ceases to exist as a legal entity: s 601AD(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). As an application for review of this type may only be made by the relevant sponsor or nominator, the effect of deregistration is that there is no longer a person who has standing to apply for, or continue with, an application for review.

4. The Tribunal invited comments on its preliminary view that it did not have jurisdiction because the company had been deregistered. There was no response to the Tribunal’s letter.

5. The Tribunal finds that Chillies & Dreams Pty Ltd has been deregistered and that it has ceased to exist as a legal entity. Accordingly, it follows that there is no longer a valid application for review.

   DECISION

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

   Namoi Dougall
   Member