20 Dec 2016
CF v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL SUED ON BEHALF OF THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION [2016] NZHC 3159
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 3159
- Court
- High Court
Instructions A5.30 and A5.30.1 were validly applied and perform a different, broader inquiry from the refugee-status character inquiry in s137(2); the CRSR does not automatically entitle refugees to residence visas and its articles relied on are not directly incorporated so as to invalidate the Instructions; the Associate Minister lawfully considered the IPT recommendation, did not fail to take relevant matters into account nor take irrelevant ones into account, did not breach natural justice, and his refusal to grant the residence visa was within lawful ministerial discretion; judicial revie…