Jury Exemption Act 1965 (Cth)

Jury Exemption Act 1965

Act No. 13 of 1965 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 31 January 2013 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 174 of 2012

The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

Contents 1 Short title [see Note 1] 2 Commencement [see Note 1] 4 Certain persons not liable to serve as jurors 5 Proceedings not invalidated where exempt person serves as a juror

The Schedule

Notes An Act to exempt certain persons from liability to serve as Jurors

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Jury Exemption Act 1965.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

4 Certain persons not liable to serve as jurors

(1) A person, or a person included within a class of persons, referred to in the Schedule to this Act is not liable, and shall not be summoned, to serve as a juror in a Federal court, a court of a State or a court of a Territory.

(2) The Governor‑General may make regulations for or in relation to: (a) exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror: (i) in Federal courts; (ii) in Federal courts exercising jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory; or (iii) in the courts of a specified Territory; and (b) exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror in the courts of the States or in the courts of a specified State.