Ayub v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1844

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Ayub v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs

[2000] FCA 1844

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – judicial power – jurisdiction – limitation on time to apply for remedy – whether prohibition on court extending time was in excess of legislative power as intrusion on judicial power.

MIGRATION – protection visa – application for judicial review of decision of Refugee Review Tribunal – objection to competency of application – whether s 478(1) of Migration Act 1958 (Cth) defined jurisdiction by reference to time within which application for review filed. Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 15A Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth) ss 8, 9, 9(1), 9(1)(a), 9(1)(b), 9(1)(c), 9(1)(d), 9(2)(b), Sch 1 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 21, 23 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 38, 38(a), 38(b), 38(c), 38(d), 38(e), 39, 39B, 39B(1), 39B(1A)(c), 44, 44(1), 44(2), 44(2A), 44(3), 78B Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) ss 3(1), 4(1), 4(4) Jurisdiction of Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000 (Cth) s 3, Items 18, 56 (Sch 1) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Pt 8, ss 475, 475(1), 475(2), 476, 477, 478, 478(1), 478(1)(b), 478(2), 481, 482, 485, 485(1), 485(3), 486 Migration Regulations 1994(Cth) regs 4.40, 5.03 Federal Court Rules O 80 The Constitution ss 75, 75(iii), 75(v), 76, 76(ii), 77, 77(ii), 77(iii)

Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57 referred to Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (2000) 199 CLR 135 referred to Williams v Hursey (1959) 103 CLR 30 referred to Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Richard Walter Pty Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 168 referred to "A" v Pelekanakis [1999] FCA 236 referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 referred to Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1 referred to Long v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1996) 136 ALR 303 distinguished Wang v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 151 ALR 717 referred to Nguyen v Refugee Review Tribunal (1997) 74 FCR 311 referred to Oguzhan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 99 FCR 285 referred to Arthur Yates & Co Pty Ltd v The Vegetable Seeds Committee (1945) 72 CLR 37 referred to Abebe v Commonwealth of Australia (1999) 197 CLR 510 referred to Cartledge v E Jobling & Sons Ltd [1963] AC 758 referred to National Telephone Company Limited v His Majesty's Postmaster-General [1913] AC 546 referred to The Crown v McNeil (1922) 31 CLR 76 referred to State of Western Australia v Wardley Australia Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 245 referred to Rudolphy v Lightfoot (1999) 197 CLR 500 referred to Patterson & James v Public Service Board of New South Wales [1984] 1 NSWLR 237 referred to Australian Iron & Steel Limited v Hoogland (1962) 108 CLR 471 considered David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 referred to Australasian Memory Pty Ltd v Brien (2000) 74 ALJR 991 referred to Li v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 94 FCR 219 referred to Kumar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 58 ALD 680 referred to Chu v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1992) 176 CLR 1 referred to Hocine v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2000) 99 FCR 269 referred to Duwai v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 59 ALD 191 referred to Achrafi v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1997) 46 ALD 550 referred to Nirmalan v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [1998] FCA 672 referred to Bank of Western Australia Ltd v FCT (1994) 55 FCR 233 referred to