Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431:section:52
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00431
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 52
Character Range: 139009–140881

52  Review of decisions
 (1) An application may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of the following decisions:
 (a) a decision under section 17 to refuse to approve a person becoming an Australian citizen;
 (aa) a decision under section 19D to refuse to approve a person becoming an Australian citizen;
 (b) a decision under section 24 to refuse to approve a person becoming an Australian citizen;
 (c) a decision under section 25 to cancel an approval given to a person under section 24;
 (d) a decision under section 30 to refuse to approve a person becoming an Australian citizen again;
 (e) a decision under section 33 to refuse to approve a person renouncing his or her Australian citizenship, except a refusal because of the operation of subsection 33(5) (about war);
 (f) a decision under section 34 or subsection 36(1) to revoke a person's Australian citizenship;
 (g) a decision under section 37 to refuse to give a person a notice stating that the person is an Australian citizen at a particular time.

Citizenship by conferral decision
 (2) However, if:
 (a) the Minister makes a decision under section 24 to refuse to approve a person becoming an Australian citizen; and
 (b) the Minister's reasons for the decision did not refer to the eligibility ground in subsection 21(8) (about statelessness); and
 (c) the person was aged 18 or over at the time the person made the application to become an Australian citizen;
a person (the applicant) cannot apply for review of that decision unless the applicant is a permanent resident.
 (3) For the purposes of the Administrative Review Tribunal reviewing a decision of a kind referred to in paragraph (1)(b):
 (a) the Tribunal must not exercise the power under subsection 22A(1A) or 22B(1A); and
 (b) the Tribunal must not review any exercise of the power or any failure to exercise the power.