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8Certain persons not to serve

  1. The following persons shall not serve on any jury in any court on any occasion:

  2. the Governor-General:
    1. members of the Executive Council of New Zealand:
      1. members of the House of Representatives:
        1. Judges of the High Court, Associate Judges of the High Court, Judges of the Employment Court, Judges and Commissioners of the Maori Land Court, District Court Judges, and Community Magistrates:
          1. visiting Justices under the Corrections Act 2004, and members of the Parole Board:
            1. Justices who have agreed to make themselves available from time to time to exercise the summary jurisdiction of the District Court:
              1. lawyers within the meaning of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006:
                1. employees of the Police, and traffic officers:
                  1. an employee of the public service who is employed—
                    1. in the Ministry of Justice; or
                      1. in the Department of Corrections; or
                          1. as an officer of the High Court or of the District Court; or
                            1. a party to a prison management contract entered into under section 198(1) of the Corrections Act 2004 or to a security contract entered into under section 166 of the Corrections Act 2004; or
                              1. a security officer within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Corrections Act 2004:
                                1. a person who, under section 15A, is excused by the Registrar from attending as a juror in any court on any occasion (unless the person's permanent excusal is cancelled under section 15A(3)):
                                      1. persons with an intellectual disability.

                                        Compare
                                        • 1908 No 90 s 6(1), (2)
                                        • 1951 No 39 s 2(1)
                                        • 1958 No 109 s 66(4)
                                        • 1963 No 141 s 4(1)–(8)
                                        • 1964 No 135 s 2(2)(c), (d)
                                        • 1968 No 87 s 2(1)
                                        • 1973 No 19 s 234(2)(d)
                                        • 1974 No 133 s 50(2)
                                        • 1976 No 48 s 2(1)–(3)
                                        Notes
                                        • Section 8(aa): inserted, on , by section 6(1) of the Juries Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 40).
                                        • Section 8(c): amended, on , by section 6(1) of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
                                        • Section 8(c): amended, on , by section 7 of the District Courts Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 76).
                                        • Section 8(d): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
                                        • Section 8(d): amended, on , by section 150(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 (1985 No 120).
                                        • Section 8(e): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
                                        • Section 8(f): replaced, on , by section 348 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1).
                                        • Section 8(g): amended, on , by section 130(1) of the Policing Act 2008 (2008 No 72).
                                        • Section 8(h): replaced, on , by section 6(2) of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
                                        • Section 8(h): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
                                        • Section 8(h)(iii): repealed, on , by section 12(2) of the State Sector Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 41).
                                        • Section 8(h)(iv): amended, on , by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).
                                        • Section 8(haa): repealed, on , by section 144 of the Legal Services Act 2011 (2011 No 4).
                                        • Section 8(ha): inserted, on , by section 6(2) of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
                                        • Section 8(ha): amended, on , by section 8(2) of the Corrections (Contract Management of Prisons) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 59).
                                        • Section 8(ha): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
                                        • Section 8(hb): inserted, on , by section 6(2) of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
                                        • Section 8(hb): amended, on , by section 206 of the Corrections Act 2004 (2004 No 50).
                                        • Section 8(hc): inserted, on , by section 6 of the Juries (Jury Service and Protection of Particulars of Jury List Information) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 75).
                                        • Section 8(i): repealed, on , by section 5(4) of the Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008 (2008 No 64).
                                        • Section 8(j): repealed, on , by section 6(3) of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
                                        • Section 8(k): inserted, on , by section 51 of the Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003 (2003 No 115).