Juries (General) Regulations 1998 (SA)

South Australia

Juries (General) Regulations 1998

under the Juries Act 1927

1Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Juries (General) Regulations 1998.

3Interpretation

In these regulations—

Act means the Juries Act 1927;

approved computer program means a computer program approved by the Chief Justice for the purposes of these regulations;

jury pool for a jury district for a particular month, means the jurors summoned to render jury service for the purposes of criminal inquests commencing in the jury district in that month (except those released from jury service and those comprising juries for inquests that have not been completed).

4Persons ineligible for jury service

For the purposes of Schedule 3 of the Act, persons employed by the following prescribed body whose duties of office are connected with the investigation of offences, the administration of justice or the punishment of offenders are ineligible for jury service:

Group 4 Correction Services Pty Ltd (ACN 050 069 255).

5Jury pools and jury panels

1. (1)

   A jury panel for a criminal inquest commencing in a jury district in a particular month must be constituted from the jury pool for the district for that month as follows:

   1. (a)

      for each day of the month on which inquests are to commence (other than the day on which the jury pool is first required to attend) the sheriff must direct—

      1. (i)

         all of the jurors in the jury pool; or

      2. (ii)

         a number of the jurors in the jury pool selected in accordance with paragraph (b),

   to attend for the purpose of rendering jury service;

   1. (b)

      a selection of jurors from the jury pool for the purposes of paragraph (a)(ii) may be—

      1. (i)

         by ballot or by use of an approved computer program; or

      2. (ii)

         if having regard to the sittings of the courts and the number of jurors in the pool the sheriff has divided the jury pool into a number of sections by ballot or by use of an approved computer program—by the sheriff selecting one or more of the sections of the jury pool; or

      3. (iii)

         by some other means approved by the Chief Justice;

   2. (c)

      if only one inquest is to commence on a particular day in the month, the jury panel for the inquest is constituted of—

      1. (i)

         the jurors selected by the sheriff by ballot or approved computer program from amongst those who attend on that day in obedience to the summons or directions of the sheriff; or

      2. (ii)

         if the sheriff considers it unnecessary to make such a selection—all the jurors who attend on that day in obedience to the summons or directions of the sheriff;

   3. (d)

      if more than one inquest is to commence on a particular day in the month, the sheriff must divide the jurors who attend on that day in obedience to the summons or directions of the sheriff into separate jury panels and appropriate each panel to an inquest.

2. (2)

   If a juror who attends on a particular day in obedience to the summons or directions of the sheriff is not included in a jury for an inquest, the sheriff may excuse the juror from further jury service on that day but the juror must next attend in obedience to the summons at a time and place to be directed by the sheriff.

3. (3)

   Subject to the Act and these regulations, on completion of jury service in an inquest before the end of the month for which the juror has been summoned, the juror must next attend in obedience to the summons at a time and place to be directed by the sheriff.

6Release of juror from further service

A court before which a jury has served may (in accordance with any applicable rules) release a juror who has served on the jury from further jury service in compliance with the juror's summons.

7Summons to juror

For the purposes of section 30(1) of the Act, the form set out in Schedule 1 is prescribed.

Schedule 1—Forms

Legislative history

Notes

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  For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or of regulations

  The Juries (General) Regulations 1998 were revoked by Sch 2 of the Juries (General) Regulations 2013 on 1.9.2013.

  Principal regulations and variations

  Year	No	Reference	Commencement
  1998	24	Gazette 5.3.1998 p1082	9.3.1998: r 2
  2004	224	Gazette 28.10.2004 p4091	14.3.2005: r 2

  Provisions varied

  Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

  Provision	How varied	Commencement
  r 2	omitted under the Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	14.3.2005
  r 7	inserted by 224/2004 r 4	14.3.2005
  Sch 1	inserted by 224/2004 r 4	14.3.2005