AKU18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 267

AKU18 v Minister for Home Affairs [2019] FCA 267

The IAA did not misconstrue s 473DD or treat the absence of an explanation as determinative; it considered the substance of the new information, the appellant's opportunities to raise it before the delegate, and whether exceptional circumstances justified considering it. The IAA also gave an intelligible and lawful explanation for refusing to invite further comment under s 473DC(3) in light of the Part 7AA review scheme. The proposed new grounds concerning age, health and harm lacked sufficient merit because the IAA considered the appellant's medical conditions against the country information and the likely short detention and processing on return, and its conclusions were not irrational,...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
04 March 2019
Procedural Posture
Migration Appeal From Federal Circuit Court Judicial Review Decision Concerning Refusal of an XE 790 Safe Haven Enterprise Visa / Federal Court Appeal; Leave to Appeal Granted; Appeal Dismissed
Outcome
Appeal dismissed with costs.
Legal Topics
['safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'protection Obligations' 'fast Track Reviewable Decision' 'independent Assessment Authority' 'new Information Under S 473 Dd' 'discretion to Invite Comment Under S 473 Dc' 'natural Justice Hearing Rule Under Part 7 Aa' 'serious Harm and Significant Harm' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'jurisdictional Error']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'judicial Review'] ['safe Haven Enterprise Visa' 'protection Obligations' 'fast Track Reviewable Decision' 'independent Assessment Authority' 'new Information Under S 473 Dd' 'discretion to Invite Comment Under S 473 Dc' 'natural Justice Hearing Rule Under Part 7 Aa' 'serious Harm and Significant Harm' 'legal Unreasonableness' 'jurisdictional Error']

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Procedural Posture

Migration Appeal From Federal Circuit Court Judicial Review Decision Concerning Refusal of an XE 790 Safe Haven Enterprise Visa / Federal Court Appeal; Leave to Appeal Granted; Appeal Dismissed

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Independent Assessment Authority misconstrued or constructively failed to exercise jurisdiction under s 473DD by declining to consider new information about TMVP questioning and CID targeting.' 'Whether the Independent Assessment Authority was required to consider s 473DD(b)(ii) and s 473DD(a) in relation to the new information.' "Whether the Independent Assessment Authority acted legally unreasonably by refusing the appellant's request to be invited to comment in an interview or in writing under s 473DC(3)." "Whether the Independent Assessment Authority's findings about serious harm or significant harm on return to Sri Lanka, including by reason of age, diabetes, high blood pressure, anxiety, kidney problems and prior stress, were irrational, unreasonable or based on no evidence." "Whether leave should be granted to advance new grounds concerning the appellant's age and health which were not argued before the Federal Circuit Court."]

Ratio Decidendi

The IAA did not misconstrue s 473DD or treat the absence of an explanation as determinative; it considered the substance of the new information, the appellant's opportunities to raise it before the delegate, and whether exceptional circumstances justified considering it. The IAA also gave an intelligible and lawful explanation for refusing to invite further comment under s 473DC(3) in light of the Part 7AA review scheme. The proposed new grounds concerning age, health and harm lacked sufficient merit because the IAA considered the appellant's medical conditions against the country information and the likely short detention and processing on return, and its conclusions were not irrational,...

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed.' "The appellant pay the respondents' costs as agreed or assessed."]