Meaning of ‘conviction’

Federal Court. Even though the applicant had not been convicted in court, the Tribunal found that he had been 'convicted'. Did the Tribunal finding involve a misinterpretation of the law? Could the Tribunal have reasonably considered the view of the applicant's minor child to love the applicant to be irrelevant to the best interests of the child?

Some of the questions to the Federal Court (FCA) were as follows:

Question 1: Did the Tribunal finding involve a misinterpretation of the law, in that it found the applicant to have been 'convicted', in the absence of a court conviction?

Question 2: In the context of para 8.4(4)(f) of Direction 99, the Tribunal was required to consider "any known views of the child" affected by its decision. Could the Tribunal have reasonably considered the view of the applicant's minor child to love the applicant to be irrelevant to the best interests of the child?

The FCA answered those questions as follows:

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