JURIES ACT 2000 - SECT 18 Jury districts

JURIES ACT 2000 - SECT 18

    (1)     There shall be a jury district for Melbourne and each circuit town.

S. 18(2) amended by No. 43/2002 s. 4(a).

    (2)     A jury district is the area of the State assigned in accordance with subsection (3).

S. 18(3) amended by No. 43/2002 s. 4(b).

    (3)     The Governor in Council—

S. 18(3)(a) amended by No. 23/2002 s. 195(2).

        (a)     on the recommendation of the Victorian Electoral Commission; and

        (b)     after consultation with the Juries Commissioner; and

        (c)     having regard to the needs of the courts in Melbourne or a circuit town, as the case requires, for jurors—

shall, by order published in the Government Gazette, assign an area of the State as the jury district for that city or circuit town.

S. 19 (Heading) inserted by No. 23/2002 s. 195(3).