Juries (Amendment) Act 1979 (ACT)

N o . 39 of 1979

An Ordinance to amend the Juries Ordinance 1967

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this twelfth day of December 1979.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

P . D U R A C K

Attorney-General

JURIES ( A M E N D M E N T ) ORDINANCE 1979

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Juries (Amendment) Ord­

inance 1979.'

2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on such date as is fixed

by the Minister of State for the Capital Territory by notice in the Gazette.

Ordinance 1967.2 3. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Juries

(b ) of pregnancy;

4. Section 11 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

paragraph (p) .

5. Section 12 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

6. Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the follow­

ing section substituted:

" 14. If the Judge or the Sheriff is satisfied that a person summoned

or appointed to attend to serve as a juror ought to be excused from at­

tendance by r e a s o n -

l a ) ofillness;

(c)	that the person has the care of children or of aged or ill persons; or
(d )	of circumstances of sufficient importance or urgency,

the Judge or the Sheriff may, at any time after service of the summons or the appointment, as the case may be, excuse the person from attendance or further attendance on the Court during such period as the Judge or Sheriff specifies.".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazetteon 18 December 1979.

2. Ordinance No. 47, 1967 as amended by No. 65, 1977 and No. 46, 1978.