Ruatita v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 542

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Ruatita v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 542 Citation: Ruatita v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2013] FCA 542

Parties: TEREAPII RUATITA v MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP

File number: NSD 65 of 2013

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 5 June 2013

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – factually erroneous statement in submission to Minister – failure to consider a relevant consideration – erroneous statement critical to decision-making – adequacy of notice – mixed messages sent to visa-holder – jurisdictional error

Legislation: Administrative Procedure Act 1946 5 USC s 554(b) Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 (NSW) Immigration Restriction Act 1901 (Cth) Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 501, 501A Pacific Islanders Labourers Act 1901 (Cth) Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981 (NSW)

Cases cited: Commissioner for Australian Capital Territory Revenue v Alphaone Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 576 GTE (Aust) Pty Ltd v Brown (1986) 14 FCR 309 Hanna v Minister for Health [2013] FCA 303 Kostas v HIA Insurance Services Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 32, 241 CLR 390 Lu v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCAFC 340, 141 FCR 346 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v VOAO [2005] FCAFC 50 R v Corporation of Doncaster (1729) 2 Ld Raym 1564 R v Davey; Ex parte Freer (1937) 56 CLR 381 Re Woolley; Ex parte Applicants M276/2003 [2004] HCA 49, 225 CLR 1 SFGB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCAFC 231, 77 ALD 402 Soliman v University of Technology, Sydney [2012] FCAFC 146, 296 ALR 32 SZNKV v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 56, 118 ALD 232 Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee (Parliamentary Paper No 144, 1971) ("Kerr Report") Benjamin, "Administrative Adjudication in the State of New York" (1942)