Jury Exemption Act 1965

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.