52Review of decisions

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.