JURY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS
- In force under the Jury Exemption Act 1965
- Updated as at 24 March 1994 (HISTREG CHAP 1492 #DATE 24:03:1994)
*1* The Jury Exemption Regulations (in force under the Jury Exemption Act
1965) as shown in this reprint comprise Statutory Rules 1987 No. 186 amended
as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Statutory Rules
Year and Date of Date of Application, saving
number notification commencement or transitional
in Gazette provisions
1987 No. 186 18 Sept 1987 1 Oct 1987
1989 No. 185 6 July 1989 6 July 1989 -
1990 No. 205 4 July 1990 4 July 1990 -
1992 No. 123 14 May 1992 14 May 1992 -
as amended by
1992 No. 289 11 Sept 1992 11 Sept 1992 -
Table of Amendments
ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted
Provision affected How affected
R. 4 am. 1992 No. 123
R. 5 am. 1992 No. 123 (as am. by 1992 No. 289)
R. 6 am. 1992 No. 123
R. 7 am. 1989 No. 185; 1990 No. 205; 1992 No. 123
JURY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Exemption of certain Commonwealth employees
5. Exemptions relating to administration of justice
6. Exemptions relating to public need
7. Exemptions relating to public administration
8. Repeal
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Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Jury Exemption Regulations.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
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Commencement
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1987.
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Interpretation
3. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, "the
Act" means the Jury Exemption Act 1965.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, each of the Territories is a
specified Territory.
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Exemption of certain Commonwealth employees
4. A person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an
employment as a Commonwealth employee in respect of which the rate of salary
equals or exceeds the rate of salary for the time being payable to an officer
of the Australian Public Service occupying an office classified as Senior
Executive Band 3 is exempt from liability to serve as a juror:
(a) in Federal courts;
(b) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
(c) in the courts of the States.
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Exemptions relating to administration of justice
5. (1) A person to whom this regulation applies is exempt from liability to
serve as a juror:
(a) in Federal courts;
(b) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
(c) in the courts of the States.
(2) This regulation applies to:
(a) an officer or employee of:
(i) the Attorney-General's Department;
(ii) the Office of Parliamentary Counsel; or
(iii) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions;
being an officer or employee whose duties involve the provision of legal
professional services;
(b) an officer or employee of:
(i) the High Court of Australia;
(ii) the Federal Court of Australia;
(iii) the Family Court of Australia;
(iv) the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory; or
(v) the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory;
(c) a person employed as a chemist in the Australian Government Analytical
Laboratories, being a person whose duties include appearing as an expert
witness in court proceedings;
(d) a person performing the duties of a parole officer or of a probation
officer for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1922 in relation to the
Australian Capital Territory;
(da) a person holding an appointment under section 6 or 6A of the Remand
Centres Act 1976 of the Australian Capital Territory;
(db) an authorised officer within the meaning of the Supervision of
Offenders (Community Service Orders) Act 1985 of the Australian Capital
Territory;
(e) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following positions in the Housing and Community Services Bureau of the
Australian Capital Territory:
(i) Executive Director, Welfare Services Branch;
(ii) Director, Youth and Family Services, Welfare Services Branch;
(iv) Social Worker, Welfare Services Branch;
(f) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, a
position as Chief Fire Control Officer or as a Deputy Fire Control Officer
under the Careless Use of Fire Act 1936 of the Australian Capital Territory;
(g) a member within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979
and a person employed under section 16 of that Act;
(h) a member within the meaning of the National Crime Authority Act 1984 and
a member of the staff of the Authority within the meaning of that Act;
(i) a protective service officer or special protective service officer
within the meaning of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987;
(j) a person not otherwise referred to in this subregulation for the time
being employed by:
(i) the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence;
(ii) the Australian Police Staff College; or
(iii) the National Police Research Unit;
(k) a member, or a member of the staff, of the Administrative Appeals
Tribunal; and
(l) an officer or employee of:
(i) the Attorney-General's Department of the Australian
Capital Territory; or
(ii) the Legal Aid Office of the Australian Capital Territory; or
(iii) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of the
Australian Capital Territory;
being an officer or employee whose duties involve the provision of legal
professional services.
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Exemptions relating to public need
6. (1) A person to whom this regulation applies is exempt from liability to
serve as a juror:
(a) in Federal courts;
(b) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
(c) in the courts of the States.
(2) This regulation applies to:
(a) a veterinary officer or other person employed in the Department of
Primary Industries and Energy whose duties relate to the planning,
co-ordination and monitoring of measures to limit the importation of exotic
diseases into, or outbreak of exotic diseases in, Australia;
(b) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, any of
the following positions:
(i) General Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Concord in the State of New South Wales;
(ii) Medical Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Heidelberg in the State of Victoria;
(iii) Medical Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Greenslopes in the State of Queensland;
(iv) Medical Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Daw Park in the State of South Australia;
(v) Medical Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Hollywood in the State of Western Australia;
(vi) Medical Superintendent in the Repatriation General Hospital
at Hobart in the State of Tasmania;
(d) a person employed by the Australian Institute of Marine Science as Field
Operations Manager and Diving Officer or as Assistant Diving Officer.
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Exemptions relating to public administration
7. (1) A person to whom this regulation applies is exempt from liability to
serve as a juror:
(a) in Federal courts; and
(b) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
(c) in the courts of the States.
(2) This regulation applies to:
(a) the Official Secretary to the Governor-General; and
(b) a person performing duties as Secretary to:
(i) a Royal Commission; or
(ii) a Committee of Inquiry established under an Act; and
(c) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following positions in relation to a Minister of State:
(i) Principal Private Secretary;
(ii) Principal Adviser;
(iii) Senior Private Secretary;
(iv) Senior Adviser;
(v) Private Secretary;
(vi) Adviser;
(vii) Press Secretary; and
(d) a person constituting a Coal Industry Tribunal pursuant to section 30 of
the Coal Industry Act 1946; and
(e) the Industrial Registrar, and any Deputy Industrial Registrar, within
the meaning of subsection 62 (2) of the Industrial Relations Act 1988; and
(f) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following offices in the Department of the Senate:
(i) Clerk of the Senate;
(ii) Deputy Clerk of the Senate;
(iii) Clerk-Assistant (Table);
(iv) Clerk-Assistant (Procedure);
(v) Clerk-Assistant (Management);
(vi) Clerk-Assistant (Committees);
(vii) Usher of the Black Rod;
(viii) Principal Parliamentary Officer, Table Office;
(ix) Secretary to a committee established by the Senate,
or jointly by the Senate and the House of Representatives, including a
committee established by an Act; and
(g) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following offices in the Department of the House of Representatives:
(i) Clerk of the House of Representatives;
(ii) Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives;
(iii) First Clerk Assistant;
(iv) Clerk Assistant (Procedure);
(v) Assistant Secretary (Committees);
(vi) Clerk Assistant (Table);
(vii) Assistant Secretary (Corporate Services);
(viii) Serjeant-at-Arms;
(ix) Senior Parliamentary Officer, Table Office;
(x) Senior Parliamentary Officer, Bills & Papers Office;
(xi) Secretary to a committee established by the House of
Representatives, or jointly by the House of Representatives and the Senate,
including a committee established by an Act;
(xii) First Assistant Secretary (Committees and Corporate Services);
and
(h) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following offices in the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff:
(i) Principal Parliamentary Reporter;
(ii) Assistant Principal Parliamentary Reporter;
(iii) Leader of Staff;
(iv) Supervising Reporter;
(v) Reporter;
(vi) Administrative Officer;
(vii) Parliamentary Officer (Finance);
(viii) Parliamentary Officer (Personnel);
(ix) Personnel Officer; and
(i) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, the
office of Secretary to the Joint House Department; and
(ia) a person holding, or performing the duties of, any of the following
offices of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory:
(i) Clerk;
(ii) Deputy Clerk;
(iii) Clerk Assistant;
(iv) Serjeant-at-Arms;
(v) Editor of Debates;
(vi) Secretary of a Committee of the Assembly;
(j) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, one of
the following positions in the Department of Defence:
(i) Deputy Director, Defence Signals Directorate;
(ii) Assistant Secretary, North America and Europe Branch;
(iii) Deputy Chief of Facility, Joint Defence Facility, Pine Gap;
(iv) Australian Chief of Security, Joint Defence Facility, Pine Gap;
(v) Engineer Class 3, Joint Defence Facility, Pine Gap; and
(k) a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, the
position of Parliamentary Liaison Officer in the Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet.
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Repeal
8. Statutory Rules 1970 No. 131, 1971 No. 73 and 1972 No. 61 are repealed.