1Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Jury Exemption Act 1965.
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This Act may be cited as the Jury Exemption Act 1965.
This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
A person, or a person included within a class of persons, referred to in the Schedule to this Act is not liable, and shall not be summoned, to serve as a juror in a Federal court, a court of a State or a court of a Territory.
The Governor‑General may make regulations for or in relation to:
exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror:
in Federal courts;
in Federal courts exercising jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory; or
in the courts of a specified Territory; and
exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror in the courts of the States or in the courts of a specified State.
A Commonwealth employee shall not be summoned to serve as a juror in a court in which, by reason of the regulations, he or she is exempt from serving as a juror.
In this section, Commonwealth employee means:
a person employed under an Act; and
a member, officer or employee of a body established by or under an Act.
Nothing in this Act operates so as to affect the validity of any verdict or judgment taken or given, or anything done, in proceedings in which a person who, by reason of this Act or the regulations, is not liable to serve as a juror serves as a juror.
The Schedule
Section 4(1)
The Governor‑General
Members of the Federal Executive Council
Justices of the High Court and of the courts created by the Parliament
Senators
Members of the House of Representatives
Members of the Fair Work Commission
Members and special members of the Australian Federal Police
Members of the Defence Force other than members of the Reserves
Members of the Reserves who are rendering continuous full time service