Administrative law – Judicial review of administrative decision - Error of law - Rejection of application for protection visa - Error must affect decision to affirm the refusal of grant of a protection visa - Refugee Review Tribunal made no error of law - Absence of power in RRT to reconsider its own decision by reason of later changed circumstances - Appeal against decision to affirm RRT's decision to refuse protection visa - Power of Federal Court to review decisions limited by Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 476 - Power of applicant to seek second application for protection visa limited by ss 48A and 48B - Whether Federal Court has power under s 481 to refer matter to RRT for further consideration to take account of changed circumstances.
Words and phrases – "decision".
Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – ss 48A, 48B, 476, 481.
Migration Regulations (Cth) – Sched 2.
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) – ss 10, 16.
Judgment date
Case number
S200/1998
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow, Hayne JJ
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