Juries Act 1981

Jury lists and panels

14C: Further provisions relating to deferral of jury service

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"What happens if you delay serving on a jury"

If you apply to delay your jury service under section 14B, the Registrar must record that you have delayed your service. The Registrar must also remove your details from the jury panel that you were on. You will be put on a new panel if one is made before your delayed service time. If the Registrar says no to your application, you can appeal to the court. The court will look at your appeal and make a decision. You can still apply to be excused from jury service even if you have delayed it. The Registrar can choose to treat your delay application like an application to be excused. If they do, they will decide if you should be excused from jury service. You might get a new summons to serve on a jury at a later time.

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14B: Deferral of jury service, or

14D: Deferral of, or excusal from, jury service of person subject to home detention for less than 3 months, or

"Delay or be excused from jury service if you're on home detention for less than 3 months"

14CFurther provisions relating to deferral of jury service

After accepting an application under section 14B, the Registrar must—
promptly record in some way the exercise of the power of deferral in respect of the summons in relation to which the application under section 14B was made; and
promptly delete the person's details from the panel that was—
1. compiled under section 13(1); and
2. the basis of the issue of that summons; and
if a later panel is compiled under section 13(1) because jury trials are to be held in the court and that later panel is so compiled at a time that enables the person to be summoned for jury service at a time within the period specified for the person under section 14B(1)(b), ensure the person's details are included, in accordance with the jury rules, in that later panel and promptly issue under section 13(1), and on the basis of that later panel, a replacement summons that states a time within that period; and
if satisfied that no jury trials are to be held in the court during the period specified for the person under section 14B(1)(b) and therefore that it is unnecessary to compile under section 13(1) a later panel at a time that would enable the person to be summoned to attend for jury service at a time within that period, promptly serve on the person, in accordance with the jury rules, written notice that the person is no longer liable to serve as a juror as a result of the summons in relation to which the application under section 14B was made.

If the Registrar declines an application under section 14B, the applicant may, in accordance with the jury rules, appeal against that decision to the court before which the applicant is summoned to appear.
The acceptance of an application under section 14B in respect of a summons does not prevent an application under section 15, 15A, or 16 in respect of a replacement summons under subsection (1)(c) of this section.
The Registrar may, if the Registrar thinks fit, treat an application under section 14B as if it were an application for excusal under section 15(1) and, if the Registrar does so, the application must be determined accordingly.

Notes

Section 14C: inserted, on 4 October 2010, by section 11(1) of the Juries Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 40).
Section 14C(3): amended, on 14 November 2018, by section 145 of the Courts Matters Act 2018 (2018 No 50).
Section 14C(3): amended, on 29 April 2013, by section 8 of the Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 75).