Section 477 — Time limits on applications to the Federal Circuit and Family

Court of Australia (Division 2)

(1) An application to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) for a remedy to be granted in exercise of the court’s original jurisdiction under section 476 in relation to a migration decision must be made to the court within 35 days of the date of the migration decision.

(2) The Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) may, by order, extend that 35 day period as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) considers appropriate if:

(a) an application for that order has been made in writing to the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) specifying why the applicant considers that it is necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to make the order; and

(b) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2) is satisfied that it is necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to make the order.

(3) In this section: date of the migration decision means:

(a) in the case of a migration decision made under section 105 of the ART Act (other than a decision made by the ART in relation to an application under Part 5)—the day the decision is made under that section; or

(b) in the case of a migration decision made by the ART in relation to an application under Part 5—the day the decision is taken to have been made under subsection 368(6) or (7) or 368B(3); or

(c) in any other case—the date of the written notice of the decision or, if no such notice exists, the date that the Court considers appropriate.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run despite a failure to comply with the requirements of any of the Migration Act 1958 185 Part 8 Judicial review Division 2 Jurisdiction and procedure of courts provisions mentioned in the definition of date of the migration decision in subsection (3).

(5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run irrespective of the validity of the migration decision.