CRT16 v Minister for Immigration

CRT16 (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision made by the Immigration Assessment Authority (the Authority) concerning their application for review of a decision made by the Minister for Immigration (the Minister). The core of the dispute revolved around alleged jurisdictional error by the Authority.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the Authority asked itself the wrong question in its assessment process and whether a jurisdictional error had occurred due to an invalid notification issued under section 473GB of the *Migration Act 1958* (Cth).

Judge Barnes found that the Authority had indeed asked itself the wrong question, which constituted a jurisdictional error. This error arose from the invalidity of the section 473GB notification. The Court quashed the decision of the Immigration Assessment Authority.