Theunissen v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 1097

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Theunissen v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCA 1097 MIGRATION ‑ application for review of decision of Migration Review Tribunal ‑ Tribunal partly relied upon Cakmak v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs ‑ Cakmak overtaken by Sok v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs ‑ jurisdictional error ‑ Tribunal also relied upon deficiencies in statutory declarations alleging domestic violence ‑ Div 1.5 of Part 1 & reg 100.221 of Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) ‑ whether statutory declarations comply ‑ statutory declarations do not comply ‑ no jurisdictional error affecting Tribunal's exercise of power. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ‑ Div 1.5 of Part 1 & reg 100.221 of Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) ‑ whether unconstitutional or otherwise invalid ‑ misconceived and devoid of merit. Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) Div 1.5 of Pt 1 & reg 100.221. Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 474. Theunissen, Terrence John [2004] MRTA 798 cited. Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth (2003) 211 CLR 476 applied. Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 cited. Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs v Yusuf (2001) 206 CLR 323 cited. Re Refugee Review Tribunal; ex parte Aala (2000) 204 CLR 82 cited. Cakmak v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 257 cited. Sok v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2005] FCAFC 56 cited. Du v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2000] FCA 1115 cited. Meroka v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural Affairs [2002] FCA 482 distinguished. Ibrahim v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 1279 cited. Theunissen v The Principal Member of the Migration Review Tribunal [2003] FCA 1417 cited. TERRENCE JOHN THEUNISSEN v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS and MIGRATION REVIEW TRIBUNAL VID 332 OF 2004 TERRENCE JOHN THEUNISSEN v COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA and MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS VID 819 OF 2004 SUNDBERG J 11 AUGUST 2005 MELBOURNE