Jury Regulation 2017 (Qld)

Jury Regulation 2017

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Jury Regulation 2017.

2 Commencement (1) This regulation, other than part 7, commences on 2 September 2017. (2) Part 7 commences on 1 October 2017.

3 Dictionary The dictionary in schedule 3 defines particular words used in this regulation.

Part 2 Way to elect to be eligible for jury service

4 Way persons aged 70 or more may elect to be eligible for jury service— Act , s 4 (1) For section 4(4) of the Act, the prescribed way a person who is 70 years or more may elect to be eligible for jury service is to give a signed written notice to the sheriff of Queensland stating— (a) the person's full name, age and address; and (b) that the person elects to be eligible for jury service. (2) The written notice may be given— (a) by post; or Note— On the commencement, the sheriff's address is— The sheriff of Queensland PO Box 15167 City East Qld 4002 (b) by giving the notice by email or other electronic means. Note— On the commencement, the notice may be sent by email to Jury.Brisbane@justice.qld.gov.au.

Part 3 Jury districts

5 Jury districts— Act , s 7 (1) For section 7(1) of the Act, the following areas are established as jury districts— (a) each area described in schedule 1, column 2; (b) each area within a 20km radius of the courthouse at a place at which the District Court is constituted and held under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967, section 6, if that area is not in a jury district mentioned in schedule 1. (2) Each jury district described in schedule 1, column 2 is assigned the name set out opposite it in schedule 1, column 1. (3) Each jury district established under subsection (1)(b) has the same name as the place at which the District Court is held. Example for subsection (3)— If the District Court is held at Toowoomba, the name of the jury district is the Toowoomba jury district. (4) For schedule 1— (a) a reference to a District Court district by name is a reference to the district of the District Court of that name under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967; and (b) a reference to a city or shire by name is a reference to the city or shire of that name declared as a local government area under the repealed Local Government Act 1993 as in force immediately before 15 March 2008. Note— 15 March 2008 was the changeover day declared under the Local Government Act 1993, section 159YE(2) for all new, adjusted and continuing local government areas listed in schedule 1A of that Act. See the notice published in the gazette on 23 November 2007 at page 1680. (5) For section 7(2) of the Act, the boundaries for each jury district established under subsection (1) are the boundaries of the area or areas comprising the jury district.