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JURIES ACT - SCHEDULE 7

Schedule 7     Persons exempt from service as jurors

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    the Administrator

    the Administrator's official secretary

    the secretary of the Executive Council

    a person who holds, or has, within the previous 10 years, held, a judicial office

    a spouse or a de facto partner of a Judge

    a member of the Legislative Assembly

    the Ombudsman, and an employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act who is employed in the Office of the Ombudsman

    a person regularly employed on duties on board aircraft used in aerial ambulance services

    a legal practitioner

    an articled clerk or graduate clerk of a legal practitioner

    a clergyman in holy orders, a priest of the Roman Catholic faith and a minister of religion having an established congregation

    a monk, nun or other vowed member of a religious community

    a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law:

        (a)     to practise in the dental profession as a dentist (other than as a student); and

        (b)     in the dentists division of that profession

    a practising medical practitioner

    a member of the Parole Board within the meaning of the Parole of Prisoners Act

    the secretary of the Parole Board within the meaning of the Parole of Prisoners Act

    a parole officer within the meaning of the Parole of Prisoners Act

    a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory

    an officer within the meaning of the Prisons (Correctional Services) Act

    an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act who is employed in an Agency primarily responsible for law and the administration of justice, prisons and correctional services or the administration of courts or who is under the direct control of the Commissioner of Police

    a person employed by the Legal Aid Commission within the meaning of the Legal Aid Act

    an employee as defined in the Public Sector Employment and Management Act who is employed in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

    a person who is blind, deaf or dumb or otherwise incapacitated by disease or infirmity from discharging the duties of a juror

    a person who is not liable to serve as a juror by virtue of, or who is exempted from service as a juror under, the Jury Exemption Act 1965 of the Commonwealth



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