Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Shapkin v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2024] FCA 681 Review of: Shapkin and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (Citizenship) [2023] AATA 2823
File number(s): NSD 1125 of 2023
Judgment of: CHEESEMAN J
Date of judgment: 25 June 2024
Catchwords: MIGRATION - application for judicial review of decisions of a Delegate of the Minister and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to refuse application for citizenship by conferral under s 24(1) of the Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) – whether all general eligibility criteria in s 21(2) must be considered where a prohibition on approval in s 24 applies – whether assessment of good character criterion in s 21(2)(h) is required where an offences prohibition in s 24(6) applies – whether non-assessment of good character criterion in s 21(2)(h) constitutes failure to make or delay in making a decision – Held: review application dismissed
Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) ss 15AA, 15AB Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) s 43 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1979 (Cth) ss 5, 7 Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cth) ss 20, 21, 24, 26, 27, 46, 52 Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 (Cth) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 501(6) Australian Citizenship Regulation 2016 (Cth) Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) s 5B
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