# Time limit on applications to the High Court for judicial review

> act-s486A — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

486A Time limit on applications to the High Court for judicial
         review
          (1) An application to the High Court for a remedy to be granted in
              exercise of the court’s original jurisdiction in relation to a
              migration decision must be made to the court within 35 days of the
              date of the migration decision.
          (2) The High Court may, by order, extend that 35 day period as the
              High Court considers appropriate if:
               (a) an application for that order has been made in writing to the
                   High Court specifying why the applicant considers that it is
                   necessary in the interests of the administration of justice to
                   make the order; and
               (b) the High Court is satisfied that it is necessary in the interests
                   of the administration of justice to make the order.
          (3) In this section:
               date of the migration decision has the meaning given by
               subsection 477(3).
          (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day period begins to run
              despite a failure to comply with the requirements of any of the
              provisions mentioned in the definition of date of the migration
              decision in subsection 477(3).
          (5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of subsection (1), the 35 day
              period begins to run irrespective of the validity of the migration
              decision.