Jury Act 1995

The Governor in Council may authorise a special payment compensating a person who suffers injury, damage or loss arising out of the person’s jury service.

A person may only apply for special compensation for financial loss arising out of inability to carry on a business or engage in a remunerative activity while performing jury service, if the applicant served as a juror (or reserve juror) in a trial that continued for at least 30 days.

An application for special compensation under this section—

must be made in writing to the Minister; and

must include full details of the injury, damage or loss; and

must be accompanied by all documentary evidence in the applicant’s possession of the injury, damage or loss.

On receiving an application under this section, the Minister may make inquiries to verify the details of the injury, damage or loss claimed by the applicant.