JURY ACT 1977

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JURY ACT 1977 - NOTES

- As at 6 July 2009 - Act 18 of 1977

Does not include amendments by:

Coroners Act 2009 No 41 (not commenced)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   20 September 1978
Reprint No 2   20 August 1981
Reprint No 3   23 May 1988
Reprint No 4   12 July 1990
Reprint No 5   6 September 1993
Reprint No 6   14 April 1998
Reprint No 7   22 January 2002
Reprint No 8   30 August 2005
Reprint No 9   15 July 2008

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Jury Act 1977 No 18. Assented to 24.3.1977. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 1.7.1977, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 24.6.1977, p 2508. This Act has been amended as follows:

1978	No 155	Prisons (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 29.12.1978. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 19.3.1979, sec 2 (2) and GG No 39 of 16.3.1979, p 1171.
1980	No 27	Coroners Act 1980. Assented to 16.4.1980. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 89 of 27.6.1980, p 3211.
	No 31	Jury (Coroners) Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 16.4.1980. Date of commencement of sec 3, 1.7.1980, sec 2 (2) and GG No 89 of 27.6.1980, p 3211.
1981	No 34	Jury (Amendment) Act 1981. Assented to 15.5.1981.
1982	No 88	Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 25.5.1982. Schedule 1 to commence on a day to be appointed and notified under sec 2 (4). No day was so appointed and the Act was repealed by the Miscellaneous Acts (Community Welfare) Repeal and Amendment Act 1987.
1983	No 181	Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. The provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Jury Act 1977 were not commenced and the Act was repealed by the Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 No 11.
1985	No 231	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985.
1986	No 212	Miscellaneous Acts (Public Prosecutions) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 23.12.1986. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 13.7.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 117 of 10.7.1987, p 3860.
1987	No 286	Jury (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.12.1987. Date of commencement, except Sch 1 (5), (6), (22) and (23), 28 days after assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1 (5), (6), (22) and (23), 29.2.1988, sec 2 (2) and GG No 33 of 19.2.1988, p 930. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988 No 20.
1988	No 20	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988. Assented to 28.6.1988. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 131	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 12, 7.4.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 37 of 31.3.1989, p 1604.
1989	No 89	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 1, except as provided by sec 2 (2)-(7), assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 192	Fire Brigades Act 1989. Assented to 19.12.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11025.
1990	No 51	Crimes (Public Justice) Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 18.9.1990. Date of commencement, 25.11.1990, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 9.11.1990, p 9816.
	No 74	Criminal Procedure Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 4.12.1990. Date of commencement, 17.3.1991, sec 2 (1) and GG No 37 of 1.3.1991, p 1693.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Jury Act 1977, 1.3.1991, Sch 1 and GG No 33 of 22.2.1991, p 1526.
1992	No 111	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Jury Act 1977, assent, Sch 1.
1993	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Jury Act 1977, assent, Sch 1.
1994	No 13	Mines Rescue Act 1994. Assented to 10.5.1994. Date of commencement, 8.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 90 of 8.7.1994, p 3463.
	No 95	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.
1995	No 28	Public Defenders Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3435.
1996	No 4	Jury Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 13.5.1996. Date of commencement, 8.11.1996, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 8.11.1996, p 7389.
1997	No 15	Jury Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 29.5.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.
1998	No 49	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 15, 3.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 24.7.1998, p 5602.
1999	No 39	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.9.1999, sec 2 and GG No 98 of 27.8.1999, p 6684.
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.34, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2487; date of commencement of Sch 4.124, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 8, 25.9.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 125 of 22.9.2000, p 10678.
2001	No 85	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 28.11.2001. Date of commencement, 18.1.2002, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 18.1.2002, p 177.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 42	Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 3.7.2002. Date of commencement, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10061.
2003	No 13	Australian Crime Commission (New South Wales) Act 2003. Assented to 30.6.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.15, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 71	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 20.11.2003. Date of commencement, 1.1.2004, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 12.12.2003, p 11172.
2004	No 68	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 102	Jury Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2005	No 6	Sheriff Act 2005. Assented to 10.3.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, 1.7.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 24.6.2005, p 2954.
	No 31	Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 15.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 6, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Schs 2.33 and 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 19	Jury Amendment (Verdicts) Act 2006. Assented to 15.5.2006. Date of commencement, 26.5.2006, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 26.5.2006, p 3165.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 58	Jury Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 15.11.2007. Date of commencement, 1.1.2008, sec 2 and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9812.
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 24	Jury Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 1.7.2008, sec 2 and GG No 76 of 27.6.2008, p 5865.

This Act has also been amended by regulations made pursuant to sec 8.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994.

Sec 3	Am 1980 No 27, Sch 2; 1980 No 31, sec 3 (a). Rep 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (1).
Sec 4	Am 1980 No 31, sec 3 (b); 1985 No 231, Sch 12; 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (2); 1993 No 46, Sch 1; 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [1]-[5]; 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [1]; 2005 No 98, Sch 2.33.
Sec 4A	Ins 1980 No 31, sec 3 (c).
Sec 9	Am 1993 No 46, Sch 1.
Sec 10	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 11	Am 1993 No 46, Sch 1; 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 12	Am 1993 No 46, Sch 1. Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 13	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [8]. Am 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [1]; 2004 No 68, Sch 8 [1].
Sec 14	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (3); 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [9]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 15	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (4) (am 1988 No 20, Sch 20). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.131 [1] [2]; 2005 No 31, Sch 6 [1]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 15A	Ins 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 16	Am 1993 No 46, Sch 1; 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 17	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 18	Am 1987 No 286, Schs 1 (1), 2 (5); 1988 No 131, Sch 12 (1); 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 18A	Ins 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [2].
Sec 19	Subst 1990 No 74, Sch 3; 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 20	Am 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 21	Am 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 22	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (2); 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [5] [6].
Part 5, Div 1	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 23	Am 1986 No 212, Sch 1. Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 24	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (1). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13]. Rep 2005 No 6, Sch 1.2.
Sec 25	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 26	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13]. Am 2004 No 68, Sch 8 [1] [2].
Sec 27	Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 28	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 29	Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13]. Ins 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [2].
Part 5, Div 2	Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Secs 30-34	Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 35	Am 1988 No 131, Sch 12 (2). Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 36	Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 37	Rep 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [14]. Ins 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 38	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (3); 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (3); 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [15]-[17]; 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [4]-[6].
Sec 40	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (4). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [18]. Rep 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 42	Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (5); 1988 No 131, Sch 12 (3). Am 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 42A	Ins 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 43	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 44	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.37 [1].
Sec 45	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (7); 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [4] [5]; 2005 No 31, Sch 6 [2].
Sec 47A	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (8).
Sec 48	Am 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [3]-[6].
Sec 49	Subst 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [12]. Am 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [6].
Sec 50	Am 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [13] [14].
Sec 51	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (9); 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [19] [20]; 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 52	Am 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 53	Am 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [22].
Part 7A (secs 53A-53C)	Ins 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 54	Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (10). Am 2003 No 71, Sch 5 [1].
Secs 55A-55D	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (11).
Sec 55DA	Ins 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 55E	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (11).
Sec 55F	Ins 2006 No 19, Sch 1 [1]. Am 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 55G	Ins 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 56	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (12). Subst 2006 No 19, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 57	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (13); 2000 No 31, Sch 8.
Sec 57A	Ins 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [3].
Sec 58	Am 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [4] [5].
Sec 60	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (4); 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 61	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (14). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [24]. Am 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [7].
Sec 62	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (15). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 62A	Ins 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 63	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (16); 1988 No 20, Sch 7 (1); 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [6]; 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [8] [9].
Sec 64	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (5); 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (17); 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [25]; 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [10]-[12].
Sec 65	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (6); 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (6). Rep 1988 No 20, Sch 7 (2).
Sec 66	Am 1981 No 34, Sch 1 (7); 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (7); 1988 No 20, Sch 7 (3). Subst 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [7]. Am 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [13]-[15].
Sec 67	Subst 1990 No 51, Sch 2.
Sec 67A	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (18). Am 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [26]; 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 68	Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (19). Am 2001 No 85, Sch 4 [1]; 2003 No 13, Sch 1.15 [1]; 2003 No 71, Sch 5 [2].
Sec 68A	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (20). Am 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [17] [18]; 2001 No 85, Sch 4 [2]; 2003 No 13, Sch 1.15 [2]; 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 68B	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (20). Am 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [4] [5].
Sec 68C	Ins 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 69	Am 1987 No 286, Schs 1 (21), 2 (8); 1998 No 49, Sch 15; 2006 No 120, Sch 2.43.
Sec 71	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (9); 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [19]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.34; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.131 [3] [4]; 2003 No 71, Sch 5 [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 72	Am 1988 No 131, Sch 12 (4); 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [8].
Sec 72A	Ins 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (22). Am 2005 No 31, Sch 6 [3].
Sec 73	Am 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [27]; 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [8]-[10].
Sec 73A	Ins 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [7]. Am 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [11].
Secs 75A, 75B	Ins 1996 No 4, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 75C	Ins 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 76	Am 1987 No 286, Sch 2 (10); 2004 No 68, Sch 8 [3].
Sec 78	Am 1980 No 27, Sch 2. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 80	Ins 2006 No 19, Sch 1 [2].
Sch 1	Am GG No 68 of 24.6.1977, p 2528. Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (23); GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8550. Am 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [16]; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.124.
Sch 2	Am GG No 68 of 24.6.1977, p 2528; 1978 No 155, Sch 4; GG No 86 of 20.6.1980, p 3127 (as on and from 1.7.1980); GG No 39 of 9.3.1984, p 1458; GG No 53 of 6.4.1984, p 1894; 1986 No 212, Sch 1. Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (23). Am 1989 No 89, Sch 1; GG No 121 of 15.12.1989, p 10794; 1989 No 192, Sch 3; 1992 No 111, Sch 1; 1995 No 28, Sch 2.2. Subst GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8550. Am 2002 No 42, Sch 4.6; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.37 [2].
Sch 3	Am GG No 86 of 20.6.1980, p 3128; GG No 67 of 8.5.1981, p 2538 (as on and from 1.7.1980). Subst 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (23). Am 1994 No 13, Sch 4; 1996 No 4, Sch 1 (29). Subst GG No 150 of 20.12.1996, p 8550.
Sch 5	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 6	Rep 1980 No 27, Sch 2.
Sch 7	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 8	Am 1980 No 31, sec 3 (d); 1987 No 286, Sch 1 (24); 1996 No 4, Sch 2 [9] [10]; 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 1999 No 39, Sch 3 [17] [18]; 2001 No 85, Sch 4 [3] [4]; 2004 No 102, Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2005 No 31, Sch 6 [4]; 2006 No 19, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2007 No 58, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2008 No 24, Sch 1 [13] [14].