Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.