New South Wales
Jury Amendment Act 1996 No 4
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Jury Act 1977 No 18 2
4 Amendment of other Acts 2 Schedules
1 Amendments to Jury Act 1977 relating to the
selection and summoning of jurors 3 2
Other amendments to Jury Act 1977 17 3
Amendment of other Acts 22
New South Wales
Jury Amendment Act 1996 No 4
Act No 4, 1996
An Act to amend the Jury Act 1977 to alter procedures for the selection and summoning of jurors; with respect to the recovery of certain fines; to extend the period for which a jury may deliberate in civil trials; and for other purposes; and to make related amendments to the Justices Act 1902 and
Coroners Act 1980. [Assented to 13 May 1996]
| Section 1 | Jury Amendment Act 1996 No 4 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Jury Amendment Act 1996.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
3 Amendment of Jury Act 1977 No 18
The Jury Act 1977 is amended as set out in Schedules 1 and 2.
4 Amendment of other Acts
The Justices Act 1902 and the Coroners Act 1980 are amended as set out in Schedule 3.
Jury Amendment Act 1996 No 4
Amendments to Jury Act 1977 relating to the selection and summoning of jurors Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendments to Jury Act 1977
relating to the selection and
summoning of jurors
(Section 3)
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Omit the definitions of draft jury roll, general jury precept, jury period, jury pool, jury pool precept, pool judge and pool officer from section 4 (1).
[2] Section 4 (1), definition of “jury roll”
Omit “in force”.
Insert instead “certified as in force for the time being”.[3] Section 4 (1), definition of “summons”
Omit “section 27 or 3 1 ” . Insert instead “section 26”.
[4] Section 4 (1)
Insert in alphabetical order:
supplementary jury roll for a district has the meaning
given in section 12 (4).
[5] Section 4 (2)
Omit “draft”. Insert instead “supplementary”.
[6] Section 10
Omit the section. Insert instead:
10 Sheriff to maintain jury rolls
The sheriff must maintain a jury roll for each jury district
in accordance with this Part.
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| Schedule 1 | Amendments to Jury Act 1977 relating to the selection and summoning of jurors |
Section 11 Electoral Commissioner to deliver copies of electoral rolls to sheriff
Insert at the end of the section:
(2) Such a request is to be made at least once every 15
months for each jury district.
Sections 12 and 13
Omit the sections. Insert instead:
12 Random selection of prospective jurors
(1)
At intervals of not more than 12 months, the sheriff is to select a number of persons at random from the entries in the latest copies of rolls of electors supplied to…