Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

JURY EXEMPTION ACT 1965 - SECT 4

             (1)  A person, or a person included within a class of persons, referred to in the Schedule to this Act is not liable, and shall not be summoned, to serve as a juror in a Federal court, a court of a State or a court of a Territory.

             (2)  The Governor‑General may make regulations for or in relation to:

                     (a)  exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror:

                              (i)  in Federal courts;

                             (ii)  in Federal courts exercising jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory; or

                            (iii)  in the courts of a specified Territory; and

                     (b)  exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror in the courts of the States or in the courts of a specified State.

             (3)  A Commonwealth employee shall not be summoned to serve as a juror in a court in which, by reason of the regulations, he or she is exempt from serving as a juror.

             (4)  In this section, Commonwealth employee means:

                     (a)  a person employed under an Act; and

                     (b)  a member, officer or employee of a body established by or under an Act.