Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2007 (NSW)
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New South Wales
Jury Amendment (Fees and
Allowances) Regulation 2007
under the
Jury Act 1977
His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Jury Act 1977.
JOHN HATZISTERGOS, M.L.C.,
Attorney General
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to increase the attendance fees that are payable for attendance for jury service and the travelling and refreshment allowances that are payable to jurors. This Regulation is made under the Jury Act 1977, including sections 72 (Payment for jury service) and 76 (the general regulation-making power).
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Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation
2007
under the
Jury Act 1977
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances)
Regulation 2007.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 July 2007.
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 2007
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(Clause 3)
Schedule 1
Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:
Schedule 1 Scales of daily fees and allowances
payable for attendance for jury
service
(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 42.90 day and is selected for jury service (c) if a person attends for 4 hours or more on that 86.20 day (whether or not the person is selected for
jury service)2nd–5th 86.20
6th–10th 100.10 11th and subsequent days 116.80 Despite the attendance fee specified above for each day Nil or part of a day that a person is in attendance for jury
service, if the person 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)
and:
(a) that wage or salary is equal to or greater than the Nil attendance fee specified above
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(b) that wage or salary is less than the attendance the difference fee specified above between the
attendance fee
and the
person’s wage
or salaryNote. See clause 5 (2) regarding the requirement of submitting a completed statutory declaration if a person in attendance for jury service claims an attendance fee.
Scale B Travelling allowance On each day that a person is in attendance for jury service, for one journey each way between the place of residence of that person, as shown on the jury roll, and the court or coronial inquest attended, the person is entitled to be paid at the rate of 28.90 cents per kilometre with:
(a)
a minimum payment of $4.00 each way (being a minimum payment for 14 kilometres each way), and
(b)
a maximum payment of $28.90 each way (being a maximum payment for 100 kilometres each way),
whether or not public transport is used. Scale C Refreshment allowance If a person serving as a juror is released by the judge or coroner during a luncheon adjournment, the juror is entitled to be paid a refreshment allowance of $6.30.
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