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12ARegistrar may amend jury list

  1. The Registrar may at any time amend a jury list relating to his or her court by deleting from it the name of any person who is—

  2. not qualified according to section 6; or
    1. disqualified according to section 7; or
      1. not to serve on any jury according to section 8; or
        1. otherwise prevented or excused from serving on a jury by this Act or by order of a Judge; or
          1. an applicant for deferral of jury service, under section 14B, whose application has been accepted but who has not yet been issued with a replacement summons; or
            1. dead.

              1. In exercising the power to amend the jury list, the Registrar may act on his or her own knowledge, or on such evidence as he or she considers satisfactory.

              Notes
              • Section 12A: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Juries Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 2).
              • Section 12A(1)(da): inserted, on , by section 8 of the Juries Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 40).
              • Section 12A(1)(da): amended, on , by section 79 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).