Jury Act 1977

For the purpose of allowing the functions of the sheriff to be carried out in pursuance of this Act in a timely and efficient manner, the registrars of the Supreme Court, District Court and Coroners Court are to provide the sheriff with such information about court sittings and trials as the sheriff may reasonably request.

For that purpose, the sheriff may also obtain relevant information from any judge or coroner having the conduct of any trial or inquest for which a jury has been or is to be summoned and from the parties concerned in any such proceedings.

For the purpose of determining whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury service should be excluded from jury service, the sheriff may request the Commissioner of Police to provide information relating to the criminal record of the person.

For the purposes of determining whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury service should be excluded from jury service, the sheriff may obtain the following information from Transport for NSW—

the person’s driver licence number,

the person’s residential address,

if the person is disqualified from holding a driver licence and the disqualification period is 12 months or more—the date on which the person’s disqualification ends,

the customer identification number (if any) allocated to the person by Transport for NSW.

The sheriff and Transport for NSW may enter into an arrangement in relation to the manner and form in which information requested under this section is to be provided.

The Commissioner of Police or Transport for NSW is required and permitted to comply with a request made by the sheriff under this section.

Regulations may be made for or with respect to the provision of information to the sheriff by persons referred to in this section.

The sheriff may disclose information obtained under this section to the Commissioner of Police in connection with a request by the sheriff for information from the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of determining whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury service should be excluded from jury service.