Jury Act 1995

The sheriff must give each prospective juror a written notice (a notice to prospective jurors) stating—

the person may be summoned for jury service; and

the jury service period for which the person may be summoned.

Without limiting the ways the notice to prospective jurors may be given, the notice may be given by email or other electronic means.

The notice to prospective jurors must—

include or be accompanied by, or give instructions for accessing, the following documents—

a questionnaire (a prospective juror questionnaire) to find out whether the person is qualified to serve as a juror and, if the person claims not to be qualified to serve as a juror, the ground of the claim;

a form (an application form) to enable the person to apply to be excused from jury service; and

state the ways the completed documents may be returned to the sheriff.

A person to whom the notice is given must not fail to return the completed prospective juror questionnaire to the sheriff within the reasonable time allowed in the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.Maximum penalty—10 penalty units or 2 months imprisonment.

If the person wants to be excused from jury service, the person must return the completed application form to the sheriff.

Unless permitted by the practice directions, the sheriff may excuse a person from jury service only on an application form that states the reasons for asking to be excused from jury service.

A person must not state something the person knows is false in response to a prospective juror questionnaire, or in an application to be excused from jury service.Maximum penalty for subsection (7)—10 penalty units or 2 months imprisonment.