New South Wales
Jury Amendment Act 1997 No 15
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 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209 2 Schedules
1 Amendment of Jury Act 1977 3 2 Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 10
New South Wales
Jury Amendment Act 1997 No 15
Act No 15, 1997
An Act to amend the Jury Act 1977 to provide for the anonymity of jurors and to make further provision with respect to offences relating to the obtaining of information about the deliberations of a jury; to amend the
Criminal Procedure Act 1986 consequentially; and for other purposes.
[Assented to 29 May 1997]
| Section 1 | Jury Amendment Act 1997 No 15 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Jury Amendment Act 1997.
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 Schedule 1.
4 Amendment of Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
The Criminal Procedure Act 1986 is amended as set out in
Schedule 2.Jury Amendment Act 1997 No 15
Amendment of Jury Act 1977 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment of Jury Act 1977
(Section 3)
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order in section 4 (1):
identification number of a person means the
identification number allocated to the person under
section 29.
[2] Section 29
Insert after section 28:
29 Identification numbers for jurors
(1)
Before furnishing the return and cards referred to in section 28 in respect of a trial or coronial inquest, the sheriff is to allocate a separate identification number to each person included in the panel referred to in section 28.
(2) The sheriff must record a person’s identification number:
(a)
against the place where the name of the person appears on that panel, and
(b)
on the card referred to in section 28 (3) relating to the person.
(3)
The sheriff must inform a person of the person’s identification number when the person attends on the first day on which the person’s attendance is required in accordance with a summons.
(4)
A person who is allocated an identification number is to be addressed or referred to only by that identification number when the person is present at the court or coronial inquest for the purposes of the relevant proceedings.
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| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Jury Act 1977 |
(5) A computer may be used to carry out a procedure under
this section relating to identification numbers.(6) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to identification numbers. In particular, regulations may be made for or with respect to the following:
(a) the allocation of identification numbers, (b) the manner in which persons are to be informed of their identification number, (c) the recording of identification numbers on…