Section 338A — Migration Act 1958: Meaning of reviewable protection decision

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following decisions are reviewable protection decisions: (a) a decision, made before 1 September 1994, that a non-citizen is not a refugee under the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol (other than such a decision made after a review by the Minister of an earlier decision that the person was not such a refugee); (b) a decision, made before 1 September 1994, to refuse to grant, or to cancel, a visa, or entry permit (within the meaning of this Act as in force immediately before that date), a criterion for which is that the applicant for it is a non-citizen who has been determined to be a refugee under the Refugees Convention as amended by the Refugees Protocol (other than such a decision made under the Migration (Review) (1993) Regulations or under the repealed Part 2A of the Migration (Review) Regulations); (c) a decision to refuse to grant a protection visa, other than a decision that was made relying on: (i) subsection 5H(2), or 36(1B) or (1C); or (ii) paragraph 36(2C)(a) or (b); (d) a decision to cancel a protection visa, other than a decision that was made because of: (i) subsection 5H(2) or 36(1C); or (ii) an assessment by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation that the holder of the visa is directly or indirectly a risk to security (within the meaning of section 4 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979); or (iii) paragraph 36(2C)(a) or (b); (e) a decision under subsection 197D(2) that a non-citizen is no longer a person in respect of whom a protection finding within the meaning of subsection 197C(4), (5), (6) or (7) would be made. (2) The following decisions are not reviewable protection decisions: (a) decisions in relation to which the Minister has issued a conclusive certificate under section 339; (b) any decision to cancel a protection visa that is made personally by the Minister; (c) decisions made in relation to a non-citizen who is not physically present in the migration zone when the decision is made.