Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), the following decisions are Part 7-reviewable 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by the Refugees Protocol (other than such a decision made under the Migration (Review) (1993) Regulations or under the repealed Part 2A of the Migration (Review) Regulations);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
(iii) 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 an unlawful 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 Part 7-reviewable decisions :
(aa) any decision to cancel a protection visa that is made personally by the Minister;
(a) decisions made in relation to a non-citizen who is not physically present in the migration zone when the decision is made;
(b) decisions in relation to which the Minister has issued a conclusive certificate under subsection (3);
(c) fast track decisions.
(3) The Minister may issue a conclusive certificate in relation to a decision if the Minister believes that:
(a) it would be contrary to the national interest to change the decision; or
(b) it would be contrary to the national interest for the decision to be reviewed.