Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Juries Regulations 2001 - SECT 9

Selection of jury panels

9. Selection of jury panels



(1) The associate of, or any other person authorised by, a judge must notify a
pool supervisor if a panel is required by the court for a trial, and the pool
supervisor, subject to any direction of a judge in relation to the number of
jurors required, must then at random select from the pool a sufficient number
of persons to empanel a jury for the trial.

(2) Subject to any direction from a judge, the pool supervisor, in deciding
from which pool or pools a panel of jurors is to be selected, must consider
the requirements and convenience of all courts for which panels may be
required.

(3) The pool supervisor must provide the names of the persons selected to the
associate or to any other person authorised by a judge.