New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 18

18 Sheriff may amend jury roll

(1) The sheriff may amend a jury roll:

(a) by deleting therefrom a person:

(i) whom the sheriff determines is no longer qualified or liable to serve as a juror, or

(ii) whom the sheriff determines is entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as a juror and has duly claimed exemption under subsection (3), or

(iii) who is dead or who no longer resides in the jury district to which the roll relates, or

(c) to correct the particulars relating to any person on the roll.

(3) A person who is entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as a juror but who did not claim exemption pursuant to section 13 because the person was not so entitled at that time or for any other good cause may claim exemption by informing the sheriff of that claim and the grounds on which it is made and shall, if required to do so by the sheriff, verify that claim by statutory declaration.

(4) Where a person on a jury roll informs the sheriff of any disqualification from serving as a juror or ineligibility to serve as a juror or any claim for exemption pursuant to subsection (3) and the sheriff determines not to delete that person from the jury roll, the sheriff shall forthwith notify that person in writing of the sheriff’s determination and of that person’s right to appeal to the Local Court against the determination.