Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

JURIES ACT 1967 - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2     Jury service

(see s 11)

Part 2.1     Exempt people

column 1 item	column 2 exempt people
1	a person exempt from serving as a juror under—               •                         the Jury Exemption Act 1965 (Cwlth), section 4 or regulations under that section; or               •     the Navigation Act 1912 (Cwlth), section 147; or               •     the Air Navigation Regulations 1947 (Cwlth), regulation 150
2	a magistrate or coroner
3	an employee of the government of a foreign country or of an international organisation
4	the official secretary to the Governor-General
5	a practising lawyer or an employee of a practising lawyer
6	a practising doctor
7	a practising dentist
8	a practising pharmacist
9	a practising veterinary surgeon
10	a police officer
11	a person with full-time duties as a member of an emergency service
12	a person living in the Jervis Bay Territory
13	a judge or master of the Supreme Court
14	a member of the Legislative Assembly or a member of staff of a member of the Legislative Assembly who is an adviser or private secretary
15	a chief executive (in the public service)
16	a public servant in the staff of the following: (a)     the Supreme Court; (b)     the Magistrates Court
17	a public servant providing legal professional services in the staff of any of the following: (a)     the Department of Justice and Community Safety; (b)     the Legal Aid Commission (A.C.T.); (c)     the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
18	a person holding any of the following positions in the Legislative Assembly: (a)     clerk; (b)     deputy clerk; (c)     clerk assistant; (d)     sergeant-at-arms; (e)     editor of debates; (f)     secretary to a committee of the Assembly
19	an employee at any of the following places: (a)     a place declared to be a detention place under the Children and Young People Act 2008 , section 142; (b)     a place approved as a place of care under the Children and Young People Act 2008 , section 525; (c)     a place declared to be a therapeutic protection place under the Children and Young People Act 2008 , section 625
20	the emergency services commissioner and a chief officer, or deputy chief officer, of an emergency service
21	a corrections officer
22	an employee at a place declared to be a detention place under the Children and Young People Act 2008 , section 142
23	a person appointed as 1 of the following: (a)     a royal commission under the Royal Commissions Act 1991 , section 5; (b)     a board of inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991 , section 5; (c)     a member of a judicial commission under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994 , section 6
24	a public servant during the period the public servant is made available to a royal commission, board of inquiry or judicial commission

Part 2.2     People who may claim exemption

column 1 item	column 2 people who may claim exemption
1	a minister of religion
2	a practising member of a religious society or order the beliefs or principles of which are incompatible with jury service
3	a professor, lecturer, or school principal or teacher, engaged in full-time teaching of organised classes at a university, college or school
4	an editor of a newspaper
5	a practising nurse, practising enrolled nurse or practising midwife
6	a household officer or member of staff of the Governor-General
7	a person who is 60 years old or older
8	a person who is totally or partially blind
9	a person who is totally or partially deaf