Jury Act 1977

Before furnishing the return and cards referred to in section 28 in respect of a trial or coronial inquest, the sheriff is to allocate a separate identification number to each person included in the panel referred to in section 28.

The sheriff must record a person’s identification number—

against the place where the name of the person appears on that panel, and

on the card referred to in section 28 (3) relating to the person.

The sheriff must inform a person of the person’s identification number when the person attends on the first day on which the person’s attendance is required in accordance with a summons.

A person who is allocated an identification number is to be addressed or referred to only by that identification number when the person is present at the court or coronial inquest for the purposes of the relevant proceedings.

A computer may be used to carry out a procedure under this section relating to identification numbers.

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to identification numbers. In particular, regulations may be made for or with respect to the following—

the allocation of identification numbers,

the manner in which persons are to be informed of their identification number,

the recording of identification numbers on the panel and on the cards relating to the persons in respect of whom the identification numbers have been allocated.