Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2009 (NSW)
2009 No 246
New South Wales
Jury Amendment (Fees and
Allowances) Regulation 2009
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, MLC
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
2009
under the
Jury Act 1977
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances)
Regulation 2009.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 1 July 2009 and is required to be published on the NSW legislation website.
2009 No 246
Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2009
| Amendment of Jury Regulation 2004 | Schedule 1 |
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Jury Regulation 2004 |
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 1st day of attendance:
(a) if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that day but is not Nil selected for jury service (b) if a person attends for less than 4 hours on that day and is $44.90 selected for jury service (c) if a person attends for 4 hours or more on that day (whether $90.30 or not the person is selected for jury service)
2nd–5th day of attendance $90.30 6th–10th day of attendance $104.80 11th and subsequent days of attendance $122.20 Note. 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 30.70 cents per kilometre with:
(a)
a minimum payment of $4.30 each way (being a minimum payment for 14 kilometres each way), and
(b)
a maximum payment of $30.70 each way (being a maximum payment for 100 kilometres each way),
whether or not public transport is used.
Scale C Refreshment allowanceIf 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 $6.60.
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