Plaintiff S61/2016 v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Case No.
S61/2016
Case Information
Catchwords
Migration – Family Stream – Direction by Minister – Where Minister gave written Direction 62 – order for considering and disposing of Family Stream visa applications, under s 499 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – Where direction provides an order of priority for the processing of Family Stream visa applications – Whether the Direction is a legislative instrument per Legislation Act 2003 (Cth) – Whether Direction obliged delegates of the Minister to follow the order of priority set out in s 8 of the Direction in every case – Whether Direction is inconsistent with the Minister?s obligation under the Migration Act to consider and determine each Family Stream visa application within a reasonable time - Whether Direction is inconsistent with s 51(1) of the Migration Act.
Documents
10/03/2016 Application for an order to show cause
22/04/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
21/06/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
06/07/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
25/07/2016 Written submissions (Plaintiff)
19/08/2016 Written submissions (Defendant)
02/09/2016 Reply (Plaintiff)
26/09/2016 Hearing (Single Justice, Sydney)
07/10/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) - VACATED