Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

JURIES ACT - NOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

JURIES ACT

As in force at 15 February 2012

Table of provisions

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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This reprint shows the Act as in force at 15 February 2012. Any amendments that commence after that date are not included.

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JURIES ACT

ENDNOTES

1     KEY

Key to abbreviations

amd = amended                 od = order
app = appendix                 om = omitted
bl = by-law                     pt = Part
ch = Chapter                     r = regulation/rule
cl = clause                     rem = remainder
div = Division                     renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired                 rep = repealed
f = forms                     s = section
Gaz = Gazette                     sch = Schedule
hdg = heading                     sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted                     SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title                     sub = substituted

nc = not commenced                

2     LIST OF LEGISLATION

Juries Ordinance 1962 (Act No. 30, 1963)
Assent date	8 May 1963
Commenced	13 May 1963 (Gaz 18B, 7 May 1963, p 92B)
Juries Ordinance 1963 (Act No. 33, 1963)
Assent date	26 April 1963
Commenced	13 May 1963 (s 2, s 2 Juries Ordinance 1962 (Act No. 30, 1963) and Gaz 18B, 7 May 1963, p 92B)
Juries Ordinance 1965 (Act No. 23, 1965)
Assent date	16 August 1965
Commenced	16 August 1965
Juries Ordinance 1967 (Act No. 17, 1967)
Assent date	22 June 1967
Commenced	22 June 1967
Juries Ordinance 1970 (Act No. 36, 1970)
Assent date	1 October 1970
Commenced	1 October 1970
Juries Ordinance 1972 (Act No. 1, 1972)
Assent date	13 March 1972
Commenced	13 March 1972
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973)
Assent date	11 December 1973
Commenced	11 December 1973 (s 12(2))
Amending Legislation
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 34, 1974)
Assent date		26 August 1974
Commenced		11 December 1973 (s 3(2))
Ordinances Revision Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 69, 1974)
Assent date		24 October 1974
Commenced		11 December 1973 (s 3)
Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1976 (Act No. 27, 1976)
Assent date		28 June 1976
Commenced		ss 1, 2 and 6: 28 June 1976 (s 6(2)); ss 3 and 4: 11 December 1973; s 5: 24 October 1974
Juries Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 30, 1974)
Assent date	26 August 1974
Commenced	26 August 1974
Juries Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 60, 1974)
Assent date	15 October 1974
Commenced	15 October 1974
Juries Ordinance 1978 (Act No. 63, 1978)
Assent date	1 July 1978
Commenced	19 January 1979 (Gaz G3, 19 January 1979, p 4)
Statute Law Revision Act 1978 (Act No. 95, 1978)
Assent date	5 September 1978
Commenced	5 September 1978
Juries Act 1979 (Act No. 123, 1979)
Assent date	15 October 1979
Commenced	16 January 1980 (Gaz S3, 16 January 1980, p 1)
Juries Act 1980 (Act No. 10, 1980)
Assent date	12 February 1980
Commenced	12 February 1980
Juries Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 51, 1982)
Assent date	1 September 1982
Commenced	10 December 1982 (Gaz G49, 10 December 1982, p 4)
Juries (Criminal Code) Amendment Act 1983 (Act No. 63, 1983)
Assent date	28 November 1983
Commenced	1 January 1984 (s 2, s 2 Criminal Code Act 1983 (Act No. 47, 1983), Gaz G46, 18 November 1983, p 11 and Gaz G8, 26 February 1986, p 5)
Juries Amendment Act 1987 (Act No. 49, 1987)
Assent date	16 November 1987
Commenced	16 November 1987
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1987 (Act No. 59, 1987)
Assent date	31 December 1987
Commenced	31 December 1987
Juries Amendment Act 1989 (Act No. 57, 1989)
Assent date	2 October 1989
Commenced	2 October 1989
Director of Public Prosecutions (Consequential Amendments) Act 1990 (Act No. 29, 1990)
Assent date	11 June 1990
Commenced	21 January 1991 (s 2, s 2 Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1990 (Act No. 35, 1990) and Gaz G2, 16 January 1991, p 9)
Juries Amendment Act 1990 (Act No. 63, 1990)
Assent date	14 December 1990
Commenced	14 December 1990
Dental (Consequential Amendments) Act 1991 (Act No. 75, 1991)
Assent date	10 December 1991
Commenced	31 January 1992 (Gaz S7, 31 January 1992)
Juries Amendment Act 1992 (Act No. 73, 1992)
Assent date	14 December 1992
Commenced	14 December 1992
Public Sector Employment and Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1993 (Act No. 28, 1993)
Assent date	30 June 1993
Commenced	1 July 1993 (s 2, s 2 Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 (Act No. 11, 1993) and Gaz S53, 29 June 1993)
Sentencing (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 (Act No. 17, 1996)
Assent date	19 April 1996
Commenced	1 July 1996 (s 2, s 2 Sentencing Act 1995 (Act No. 39, 1995) and Gaz S15, 13 June 1996)
Juries Amendment Act 1996 (Act No. 19, 1996)
Assent date	17 June 1996
Commenced	1 July 1997 (Gaz G25, 25 June 1997, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1996 (Act No. 42, 1996)
Assent date	17 September 1996
Commenced	17 September 1996
Juries Amendment Act 1997 (Act No. 6, 1997)
Assent date	26 March 1997
Commenced	11 May 1997 (s 2, s 2 Criminal Code Amendment Act 1997 (Act No. 4, 1997) and Gaz G18, 17 May 1997, p 2)
Juries Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 16, 1998)
Assent date	30 March 1998
Commenced	1 June 1998 (Gaz G18, 13 May 1998, p 2)
Legal Aid Amendment Act 1998 (Act No. 78, 1998)
Assent date	21 October 1998
Commenced	1 January 1999 (Gaz G45, 18 November 1998, p 4)
Mental Health and Related Services (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 11, 1999)
Assent date	25 March 1999
Commenced	1 February 2000 (s 2, s 2 Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (Act No. 63, 1998) and Gaz G3, 26 January 2000, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1999 (Act No. 27, 1999)
Assent date	18 June 1999
Commenced	18 June 1999
Statute Law Revision Act 2000 (Act No. 19, 2000)
Assent date	6 June 2000
Commenced	s 6: 4 December 1999; rem: 12 July 2000 (s 2 and Gaz G27, 12 July 2000, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2002 (Act No. 59, 2002)
Assent date	7 November 2002
Commenced	7 November 2002
Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004)
Assent date	7 January 2004
Commenced	17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8)
Electoral (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 (Act No. 12, 2004)
Assent date	1 March 2004
Commenced	15 March 2004 (s 2, s 2 Electoral Act 2004 (Act No. 11, 2004) and Gaz S6, 15 March 2004)
Statute Law Revision Act 2005 (Act No. 44, 2005)
Assent date	14 December 2005
Commenced	14 December 2005
Defamation Act 2006 (Act No. 8, 2006)
Assent date	26 April 2006
Commenced	26 April 2006
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Act No. 5, 2007)
Assent date	24 April 2007
Commenced	s 37 (except amd of Criminal Code and Legal Profession Act 2006): 1 May 2007; rem: 24 April 2007 (s 2(1), s 2 Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2006 (Act No. 15, 2006) and Gaz G17, 26 April 2007, p 7)
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2007 (Act No. 7, 2007)
Assent date	17 May 2007
Commenced	s 10: 1 July 2007; rem: 17 May 2007 (Gaz G26, 27 June 2007, p 3)
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (Act No. 2, 2008)
Assent date	11 March 2008
Commenced	pt 6: 1 May 2008; rem: 2 April 2008 (Gaz G13, 2 April 2008, p 6) and Gaz G17, 30 April 2008, p 5)
Justice Legislation Amendment (Penalties) Act 2010 (Act No. 12, 2010)
Assent date	20 May 2010
Commenced	1 July 2010 (Gaz G24, 16 June 2010, p 2)
Health Practitioner (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010 (Act No. 18, 2010)
Assent date	20 May 2010
Commenced	1 July 2010 (s 2)
Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 40, 2010)
Assent date	18 November 2010
Commenced	1 March 2011 (s 2, s 2 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010 (Act No. 39, 2010) and Gaz G7, 16 February 2011, p 4)
Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (Act No. 32, 2011)
Assent date	15 November 2011
Commenced	15 February 2012 (Gaz G7, 15 February 2012, p 6)

3     SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
s 9 Juries Ordinance 1974 (Act No. 30, 1974)
s 6 Juries Ordinance (No. 2) 1974 (Act No. 60, 1974)
s 13(2) Juries Act 1979 (Act No. 123, 1979)
s 4 Juries Amendment Act 1982 (Act No. 51, 1982)

s 4 Juries Amendment Act 1990 (Act No. 63, 1990)

4     GENERAL AMENDMENTS

General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Ordinances Revision Ordinance 1973 (Act No. 87, 1973) (as amended) to the following provisions: ss 4 – 8, 11, 14, 17, 21, 23, 25, 28-33, 37, 39 – 41, 44, 46, 48 – 59, 61, 62, 66 – 68 and Second to Fifth schs.

5     CORRECTED PROVISION

Section 10(1) and (3)(c) as amended by the Juries Amendment Act 1989 (Act No. 57, 1989) was incorrectly revised in reprints as at the commencement of that amendment Act until and including the reprint printed as in force at 2 April 2008.

6     LIST OF AMENDMENTS
lt     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
ss 1 – 2     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 3     rep No. 123, 1979, s 4
s 4     amd No. 123, 1979, s 5; No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 5     amd No. 30, 1974, s 3; No. 123, 1979, ss.6 and 15; No. 51, 1982, s 5; No. 57, 1989 s 18; No. 73, 1992, s 3; No. 19, 1996, s 4; No. 19, 2000, s 5; No. 12, 2004, s 6
s 6     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 6A     ins No. 8, 2006, s 54
s 7     amd No. 23, 1965, s 2
    sub No. 17, 1967, s 2
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 8, 2006, s 55
s 8     sub No. 17, 1967, s 2
    amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 40, 2010, s 52
s 9     sub No. 30, 1974, s 4
    amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    sub No. 57, 1989, s 3
s 10     sub No. 123, 1979, s 7
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 4; No. 17, 1996, s 6; No. 11, 1999, s 4
s 11     amd No. 36, 1970, s 2; No. 1, 1972, s 2; No. 30, 1974, s 5; No. 60, 1974, s 3; No. 63, 1978, s 4
    sub No. 123, 1979, s 8
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
    sub No. 2, 2008, s 10
    amd No. , 2011, s16
s 11A     ins No. 30, 1974, s 6
    sub No. 123, 1979, s 8
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 5
s 12     amd No. 57, 1989, s 6
s 13     amd No. 40, 2010, s 53
s 14     sub No. 57, 1989, s 7
s 15     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    sub No. 57, 1989, s 7
ss 16 – 17     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 7
s 17A     ins No. 51, 1982, s 6
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 8
s 18     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 9
s 18A     ins No. 123, 1979, s 9
    amd No. 51, 1982, s 7
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 9
s 18AB     ins No. 51, 1982, s 8
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 19     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 20     amd No. 30, 1974, s 7
    sub No. 60, 1974, s 4
s 21     amd No. 23, 1965, s 3; No. 30, 1974, s 8; No. 51, 1982, s 9; No. 57, 1989, s 10; No. 63, 1990, s 2
s 22     rep No. 57, 1989, s 11
s 22A     ins No. 51, 1982, s 10
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 11
s 24     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
s 25     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 26     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
s 27     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 51, 1982, s 11
    sub No. 57, 1989, s 12
s 27A     ins No. 123, 1979, s 10
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 28     amd No. 33, 1963, s 3; No. 23, 1965, s 4; No. 123, 1979, s 15
    rep No. 51, 1982, s 12
s 29     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 27, 1999, s 5
ss 30 – 31     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    rep No. 51, 1982, s 13
s 32     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    sub No. 51, 1982, s 14
    amd No. 57, 1989, s 13; No. 73, 1992, s 4; No. 19, 1996, s 5; No. 19, 2000, s 5
s 33     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 51, 1982, s 15; No. 57, 1989, s 14; No. 19, 1996, s 6; No. 19, 2000, s 5
s 36     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 57, 1989, s 18
pt VII hdg     amd No. 40, 2010, s 54
s 37     amd No. 51, 1982, s 16; No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 29, 1990, s 7; No. 73, 1992, s 5; No. 19, 1996, s 7; No. 19, 2000, s 5; No. 40, 2010, s 55
s 37A     ins No. 51, 1982, s 17
    amd No. 6, 1997, s 3
s 38     amd No. 29, 1990, s 7; No. 19, 1996, s 8; No. 19, 2000, s 5
s 39     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 19, 1996, s 9; No. 19, 2000, s 5; No. 40, 2010, s 56
s 40     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 19, 1996, s 10
s 41     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
s 42     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
s 43     sub No. 51, 1982, s 18
    amd No. 29, 1990, s 7
s 45     rep No. 63, 1983, s 4
s 48     sub No. 123, 1979, s 11
    amd No. 51, 1982, s 19
    rep No. 63, 1983, s 4
s 49A     ins No. 16, 1998, s 3
    amd No. 5, 2007, s 20; No. 12, 2010, s 3; No. 18, 2010, s 89
s 49B     ins No. 16, 1998, s 3
    amd No. 5, 2007, s 21; No. 12, 2010, s 3; No. 18, 2010, s 89
s 50     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 51     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 52     rep No. 57, 1989, s 15
    ins No. 73, 1992, s 6
    amd No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 53     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15
    rep No. 57, 1989, s 15
s 55     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 56     amd No. 51, 1982, s 20; No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 12, 2010, s 3
s 57     amd No. 51, 1982, s 21
    rep No. 63, 1983, s 4
s 58     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 40, 2010, s 57
s 59     sub No. 57, 1989, s 16
    amd No. 40, 2010, s 58
s 61     amd No. 123, 1979, s 15; No. 63, 1983, s 5
s 62     amd No. 33, 1963, s 4; No. 123, 1979, s 12; No. 51, 1982, s 22; No. 63, 1983, s 6
s 63     amd No. 40, 2010, s 59
s 64     amd No. 10, 1980, s 2
    rep No. 63, 1983, s 7
s 66     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
    rep No. 40, 2010, s 60
s 67     rep No. 123, 1979, s 13
s 68     amd No. 60, 1974, s 5; No. 95, 1978, s 14
    sub No. 51, 1982, s 23
pt XII hdg     ins No. 32, 2011, s 17
s 69     ins No. 32, 2011, s 17
sch 1     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
sch 2     rep No. 57, 1989, s 18
sch 3     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
sch 4     amd No. 57, 1989, s 18
    rep No. 27, 1999, s 5
sch 5     rep No. 57, 1989, s 18
sch 6     amd No. 63, 1983, s 8; No. 59, 1987, s 5; No. 57, 1989, ss 17 and 18; No. 40, 2010, s 61
sch 7     ins No. 123, 1979, s 14
    amd No. 52, 1982, s 24; No. 49, 1987, s 2; No. 57, 1989, s 18; No. 29, 1990, s 4; No. 75, 1991, s 3; No. 73, 1992, s 7; No. 28, 1993, s 3; No. 42, 1996, s 6; No. 6, 1997, s 4; No. 78, 1998, s 14; No. 59, 2002, s 5; No. 1, 2004, s 62; No. 44, 2005, s 22; No. 7, 2007, s 16; No. 2, 2008, s 11; No. 18, 2010, s 89