New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 15

15 Appeal against being included on jury roll or being summoned from supplementary jury roll

(1) A person aggrieved by a determination of the sheriff notified to the person under section 14 (2) or 18 (4) may appeal to the Local Court by lodging a notice of appeal with the registrar of that court within 21 days of being so notified, except as provided by subsection (2).

(2) If the person is summoned to attend for jury service on a day occurring before those 21 days have expired and before the notice of appeal is lodged, the appeal is instead to be made (as specified in a notice attached to the summons) to the judge or coroner having the conduct of the trial or coronial inquest concerned or to such other judge or coroner, or to such associate Judge, magistrate or registrar of a court, as may be specified in the notice.

(3) The court or person to whom an appeal is made under this section must hear and determine the appeal and must:

(a) if satisfied that the person who made the appeal:

(i) is not qualified or is ineligible to serve as a juror, or

(ii) is entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as a juror and has duly claimed exemption,

allow the appeal and order the sheriff to delete that person from the jury roll or supplementary jury roll, or

(b) if satisfied that the person, having been summoned for jury service, has good cause to be excused from attending at the relevant court or inquest-excuse the person from attendance, or

(c) in any other case-disallow the appeal.

(4) A decision under this section is final and conclusive and is to be given effect by the sheriff.

(5) A person who has lodged an appeal under this section which has not been heard and determined is taken, for the purposes of section 38, to have good cause to be excused from attending at a court or coronial inquest in accordance with a summons.