Jury Exemption Regulations 1987
Statutory Rules No. 186, 1987 as amended
made under the
Jury Exemption Act 1965
Compilation start date: 12 April 2013
Includes amendments up to: SLI No. 51, 2013
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The compiled instrument
This is a compilation of the Jury Exemption Regulations 1987 as amended and in force on 12 April 2013. It includes any amendment affecting the compiled instrument to that date.
This compilation was prepared on 30 May 2013.
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1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Jury Exemption Regulations 1987.
2 Commencement
These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1987.
3 Interpretation
(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.
4 Exemption of certain Commonwealth employees
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; and
(b) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
(c) in the courts of the States.
5 Exemptions relating to administration of justice
(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 the following persons:
(a) an officer or employee of:
(i) a Department; or
(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; or
(ii) the Federal Court of Australia; or
(iii) the Family Court of Australia; or
(iv) the Federal Circuit Court of Australia;
(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;
(g) a member within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 and a person employed under section 24 of that Act;
(h) the Chief Executive Officer within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 and an examiner or a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission within the meaning of that Act;
(j) a person not otherwise referred to in this subregulation for the time being employed by:
(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;
(l) a member, or a member of the staff, of the National Native Title Tribunal;
(m) a staff member, within the meaning of the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989, being a staff member whose duties involve:
(i) providing legal professional services; or
(ii) investigating matters.
6 Exemptions relating to public need
(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 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.
7 Exemptions relating to public administration
(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
(e) the Industrial Registrar, and any Deputy Industrial Registrar, within the meaning of subsection 62(2) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996; 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) Director (Programming), Table Office;
(x) Director (Legislation and Records), Table 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; and
(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) Director‑General, Alliance Policy and Management;
(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.
8 Repeal
Statutory Rules 1970 No. 131, 1971 No. 73 and 1972 No. 61 are repealed.