Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2005 (NSW)

2005 No 204

New South Wales

Jury Amendment (Fees and

Allowances) Regulation 2005

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
Jury Act 1977
Section 72 of the provides that a person who attends for jury service at a court regulation-making power).
or coronial inquest is entitled to be paid at the prescribed rate for that attendance.
The object of this Regulation is to increase attendance fees and travelling and refreshment
allowances 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 an engine capacity of over

2700 cc.

Published in Gazette No 65 of 3 June 2005, page 1915	Page 1
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Clause 1	Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2005

Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation

2005

under the

Jury Act 1977

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances)
Regulation 2005.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 July 2005.

3 Amendment of Jury Regulation 2004

The Jury Regulation 2004 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2005

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 1

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 1 Scales of daily fees and allowances
payable in respect of jurors

(Clause 5)

Scale A	Attendance fee	Fee per day
Day of attendance	$
1st:

(a)	if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that	Nil
day but is not selected for jury service
(b)	if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that	40.70
day and is selected for jury service
(c)	if a person attends for more than 4 hours on that	81.60
day (whether or not the person is selected for jury service)

2nd–5th	81.60
6th–10th	94.80
11th and subsequent days	110.60
If a person attending for jury service is paid his or her	Nil
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)
Note. See clause 5 (2) regarding the requirement of submitting a completed statutory declaration if a juror claims an attendance fee.

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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 27.50 cents per kilometre with:

(a)	a minimum payment of $3.85 each way (being a minimum payment for 14 kilometres each way), and
(b)	a maximum payment of $27.50 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 $5.90.

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