Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

JURIES ACT 1967 - SECT 51A

    (1)     If—

        (a)     a person incurs expense during his or her service as a juror, being expense that he or she would not have incurred apart from that service; and

        (b)     that expense was incurred in circumstances arising after the person was sworn as a juror, being circumstances that would have constituted a sufficient cause for the person to be excused attendance on the Supreme Court under this Act if they had arisen before he or she was so sworn;

the person may apply to the sheriff for payment to the person of an amount equal to the amount of that expense.

    (2)     If an application is made to the sheriff under subsection (1), the sheriff shall consider the application and may grant payment to the applicant of the whole of the amount of the expense incurred by the applicant or the lesser amount that the sheriff considers reasonable.

    (3)     A person who is aggrieved by a decision of the sheriff under subsection (2) may apply in writing to a judge for a review of the decision.