Makarov v Minister for Home Affairs (No 2) [2020] FCA 1275

Federal Court of Australia

Makarov v Minister for Home Affairs (No 2) [2020] FCA 1275 File number: NSD 1891 of 2019

Judgment of: KATZMANN J

Date of judgment: 31 August 2020

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW — jurisdictional fact — where s 34(3) of the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) imposes limitations on the exercise of the power to revoke Australian citizenship and one such limitation is that the Minister is satisfied the person is "a person who is not a national or citizen of any country", whether the question of whether the person would become such a person upon revocation of Australian citizenship is a jurisdictional fact

Legislation: Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) s 34 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ss 36(2), 65(1), 198A(3)(a)

Cases cited: Ali v Minister for Home Affairs [2020] FCAFC 109 Buck v Bavone (1976) 135 CLR 110 Commissioner of Taxation v Addy [2020] FCAFC 135 Corporation of the City of Enfield v Development Assessment Commission (2000) 199 CLR 135 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd (2012) 250 CLR 503 FER17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (2019) 269 FCR 580 Minister Administering the Crown Lands Act v New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council [2009] NSWCA 151 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS (2010) 240 CLR 611 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu (1999) 197 CLR 611 Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2011) 244 CLR 144 QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd v Miller [2013] NSWCA 442 VSAB v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] FCA 239 Wilkie v The Commonwealth (2017) 263 CLR 487 Derrington, R "Migrating towards a Principled Approach to Reviewing Jurisdictional Facts" (2020) 27 AJ Admin L 70