Jayasinghe, Shantha Karunaratna v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs & Anor [1997] FCA 551

CATCHWORDS

MIGRATION - powers of Refugee Review Tribunal - whether Tribunal has the power to reconsider or re-open a final decision - whether failure to re-open is a reviewable decision for the purposes of the Migration Act 1958 WORDS AND PHRASES - "Decision" - meaning of that word for the purposes of the Migration Act 1958 WORDS AND PHRASES - "functus officio" ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - doctrine of functus officio - scope - whether doctrine can be characterised as a legal technicality Migration Act 1958: s 48A, s 48B, s 50, s 368(1), s 412, s 414(1)(2), s 415(1), s 416, s 420, s 420(1), s 420(2)(b), s 430(1), s 475(1)(b), s 476, s 476(1)(a), s 476(1)(e), s 478, s 481, s 485(1) Pt 7, Pt 8 Migration Reform Act 1992: s 166J (now s 457), s 166BD (now s 416) Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No 6) 1995 Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994 (Cth) Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1989: s 64E Acts Interpretation Act 1901: s 33(1) Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977: s 3(1), s 3(2), s 3(3), s 3(5) Judiciary Act 1903 Federal Court Rules: O 20 r 1, Migration (Review) Regulations 1989 (Cth) Migration Reform Bill 1992 Corporations Law: s 837 Bennion, Statutory Interpretation, (2nd ed, 1992) 367 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 as Amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1976

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