Handa v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1830

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Handa v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

[2000] FCA 1830 MIGRATION – judicial review – internally-reviewable decision – decision made before commencement of Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 1998 (Cth) – whether became MRT-reviewable decision and therefore excluded from judicial review STATUTES – interpretation – drafting error – adding words – when permissible – repeal – application for review made before repeal – s 8(c) of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth)

Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 8(c) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 338, 475, 476 Migration Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 1998 (Cth) Migration Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (Cth) Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 4.02(4) Migration Amendment Regulations 1999 (No 4) (Cth) reg 4 Continental Liqueurs Pty Ltd v G F Heublein & Bro Incorporated (1960) 103 CLR 422 cited G F Heublein & Bro Incorporated v Continental Liqueurs Pty Ltd (1962) 109 CLR 153 cited Esber v The Commonwealth (1992) 174 CLR 430 cited Cooper Brookes (Wollongong) Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1981) 147 CLR 297 applied Envy Trading v State of Queensland [1998] 1 QdR 413 cited Marshall v Watson (1972) 124 CLR 640 cited State v West Side Street Railway Company 146 Mo 155; 47 SW 959 (1898) referred to Kammin's Ballroom Co Ltd v Zenith Investments (Torquay) Ltd [1971] AC 850 cited Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 cited Saraswati v R (1991) 172 CLR 1 cited Jones v Wrotham Black Settled Estates [1980] AC 74 applied Maxwell v Murphy (1957) 96 CLR 261 distinguished

VISHNU HANDA and TRADE LOGISTIC SERVICES PTY LTD v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS V 357 of 1999 FINKELSTEIN J MELBOURNE 15 DECEMBER 2000

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V 357 of 1999