Jury Act Amendment Act 1981 (No. 2) (Qld)

656 (I ueenslinb ANNO TRICESIMO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 80 of 1981 An Act to amend the Jury Act 1929-1981 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 9TH NOVEMBER, 1981]

Jury Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981, No. 80 657 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title and citation . (1) This Act may be cited as the Jury Act Amendment Act 1981 (No. 2). (2) In this Act the Jury Act1929-1981 is referred to as the Principal Act. (3) The - Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the JuryAct1929-1981. 2. Commencement . (1) Section 1 and this section shall commence on the day on which this Act is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty. (2) Except as is provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on a day appointed by Proclamation. 3. Amendment of s. 17. Number of jurors in criminal cases. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended by, in subsection (3), inserting in provision (e) after the word " facilities " the word ", entitlements ". 4. Repeal of and new s. 21. The Principal Act is amended by repealing section 21 and substituting the following section:- " 21. Compensation to jurors. (I) Every juror duly summoned who attends the Court for the purpose of a jury being chosen and every talesman whose name has been added to the panel shall be entitled, whether or not he or she actually serves on a jury, to receive compensation for attendance and for travelling expenses. (2) A juror shall be entitled to- (a) compensation referred to in subsection (1) at a rate prescribed from time to time by Rules of Court for each day on which he or she is required to attend and actually attends the Court; and (b) being a juror to whom a Rule of Court authorized by subsection (3) applies, compensation in accordance with that Rule. (3) A Rule of Court may prescribe that, where a jury has sat on a trial that has continued for 20 days (exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays), whether or not in the presence of the jury for the whole of that period- (a) a juror on that jury shall be entitled to compensation at the rate and subject to the conditions prescribed by Rules of Court for each day (other than Saturday or Sunday) of any period, being not longer than five days, for which the trial is thereafter adjourned or for which the juror is thereafter not required to attend the Court during the continuance of the trial;

658 Jury Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1981, No. 80 (b) a juror on that jury shall be entitled to such compensation as the trial judge or, in his absence, another judge of like jurisdiction considers just and so orders for each period (exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays), being longer than five days, for which the trial is thereafter adjourned or for which the juror is thereafter not required to attend the Court during the continuance of the trial. . 5. Repeal of Schedule IV. The Principal Act is amended by repealing Schedule IV.