Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (60 of 2015)

Schedule 2   Migration amendments

Part 1   Main amendments

Migration Act 1958

82   Section 416

Repeal the section, substitute:

416 Multiple review applications - consideration of information

Scope

(1) This section applies if:

(a) a non-citizen has made an application (the earlier application ) to a review body for review of a decision under this Part; and

(b) the earlier application has been determined by a review body; and

(c) the non-citizen makes a further application, to the Tribunal, for review of a Part 7-reviewable decision.

Review body not required to consider earlier information

(2) The Tribunal, in considering the further application:

(a) is not required to consider any information considered in the earlier application; and

(b) may have regard to, and take to be correct, any decision that a review body has made about or because of that information.

(3) In this section:

review body means:

(a) the former Refugee Review Tribunal; or

(b) the Tribunal.

Note: The Refugee Review Tribunal was abolished from 1 July 2015, and its functions transferred to the Migration and Refugee Division of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal ("the Tribunal").