Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2003 (NSW)
2003 No 398
New South Wales
Jury Amendment (Fees and
Allowances) Regulation 2003
under the
Jury Act 1977
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Jury Act 1977.
BOB DEBUS, M.P.,
Attorney General
Explanatory note
Section 72 of the Jury Act 1977 provides that a person who attends for jury service at a court or coronial inquest is entitled to be paid at the prescribed rate for that attendance.
The object of this Regulation is to increase the attendance fees, travelling allowances and refreshment allowance paid to jurors.
The increases for attendance fees and the refreshment allowance are in line with movements in the Consumer Price Index. The increases for travelling allowances are in line with the casual rate payable in the public sector for private vehicles with engine capacity over 2700 cc.
This Regulation is made under the Jury Act 1977, including sections 72 and 76 (the general regulation-making power).
| Published in Gazette No 104 of 27 June 2003, page 6106 | Page 1 |
| 2003 No 398 | |
| Clause 1 | Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2003 |
Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances)
Regulation 2003
under the
Jury Act 1977
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances)
Regulation 2003.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 July 2003.
3 Amendment of Jury Regulation 1999
The Jury Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2003
| Amendment | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 Amendment |
(Clause 3)
Schedule 2
Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:
Schedule 2 Scales of daily fees and allowances
payable in respect of jurors (Clause 7)
Scale A Attendance fee Fee per day Day of attendance $ 1st:
(a) if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that
day but is not selected for jury service Nil (b) if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that
day and is selected for jury service 38.70 (c)
if a person attends for 4 or more hours on that day (whether or not the person is selected for jury service)
77.60
2nd–5th 77.60 6th–10th 90.20 11th and subsequent days 105.30 If a person attending for jury service is paid his or her full wage or salary on a day of attendance by his or her employer (not being an amount that is the difference between the person’s full wage or salary and the attendance fee) Nil Note. See clause 7 (2) regarding the requirement of submitting a completed statutory declaration if a juror claims an attendance fee.
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Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2003
| Schedule 1 | Amendment |
Scale B Travelling allowance On each day of attendance, for one journey each way between the place of residence of a person attending for jury service, as shown on the jury roll, and the court or inquest attended, the person is entitled to be paid at the rate of 26.2 cents per kilometre with:
(a)
a minimum payment of $3.70 each way (being a minimum payment for 14 kilometres each way), and
(b)
a maximum payment of $26.20 each way (being a maximum payment for 100 kilometres each way),
whether or not public transport is used. Scale C Refreshment allowance If a juror in either a civil or criminal matter is released by the trial judge during a luncheon adjournment, the juror is entitled to be paid a refreshment allowance of $5.60.
BY AUTHORITY
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