SAAS v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 726

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SAAS v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 726 MIGRATION – application for protection visa – review of decision of Refugee Review Tribunal – whether Tribunal erred in assessment of applicant's claim to be a refugee sur place – validity of s 91R(3) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – validity of s 91R(3) of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – characterisation of provisions relating to the grant of protection visas - scope of Commonwealth legislative power to enact laws with respect to external affairs, immigration and aliens – whether provisions supported by only one possible head of Commonwealth legislative power – dual characterisation.

Australian Constitution, ss 51(xix), 51(xxvii), 51(xxix) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth), s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 5, 14, 30, 31, 36(2), 48A, 91A – 91X, 91R(1), 91R(2), 91R(3), 91S, 91T, 91U, 424A, 474, 475A Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Act 2001 (Cth) Migration Regulations, reg 866.222A – 866.225 Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia v Fontana Films Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 169 – referred to Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1 – referred to Cunliffe v Commonwealth (1994) 124 ALR 120 – referred to Ex parte De Braic (1974) 124 CLR 162 – referred to Horta v Commonwealth (1994) 181 CRL 183 – referred to Kartinyeri v Commonwealth (1998) 195 CLR 337 – referred to Lim v Minister for Immigration (1992) 176 CLR 1 – cited Melbourne Corporation v The Commonwealth (1947) 74 CLR 31 – referred to Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Teoh (1995) 183 CLR 273 – referred to Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 – referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Farahanipour (2001) 181 ALR 535 – referred to Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Mohammed (2000) 98 FCR 405 – cited O'Keefe v Calwell (1949) 77 CLR 261 – cited Polites v Commonwealth (1945) 70 CLR 60 – referred to R v Hickman; Ex parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 – referred to R v Macfarlane; Ex parte O'Flanagan (1923) 32 CLR 518 – referred to R v Patterson; Ex parte Taylor (2001) 182 ALR 657 – discussed Re F; Ex parte F (1986) 161 CLR 376 – applied The Grain Pool of Western Australia v The Commonwealth (2000) 202 CLR 479 – applied Victoria v Commonwealth (1996) 187 CLR 416 – referred to SAAS v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION & MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS S.207 of 2001 MANSFIELD J 11 JUNE 2002 ADELAIDE