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The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe—
fees payable by a party requiring a civil case to be tried by a jury in the Supreme Court or the County Court; and
administrative expenses that apply in respect of a refund of fees.
These Regulations are made under section 90 of the Juries Act 2000.
These Regulations come into operation on 25 September 2022.
The Juries (Fees) Regulations 2012[1] are revoked.
For the purposes of section 24(1) of the Juries Act 2000, the prescribed fee is the amount determined in accordance with the following formula—
40F + 25R
where—
F is one fee unit;
R is the amount of remuneration to be paid to a person under section 51 of that Act for attendance for jury service on the first day of a trial, as determined by applying the relevant rate fixed by notice published in the Government Gazette, but not including the following—
any amount paid for a juror in respect of service of more than 8 hours on the final day of the trial;
travel or other allowances.
For the purposes of section 24(2) of the Juries Act 2000, the prescribed fee for the second and each subsequent day of a trial is the amount determined in accordance with the following formula—
4F +
where—
F is one fee unit;
R is the amount of remuneration to be paid to a person under section 51 of that Act for attendance for jury service on the second and each subsequent day of a trial, as determined by applying to each day of service the relevant rate fixed by notice published in the Government Gazette, but not including the following—
any amount paid for a juror in respect of service of more than 8 hours on the final day of the trial;
travel or other allowances;
J is the number of jurors serving on the jury for the trial.
For the purposes of section 24(7) of the Juries Act 2000, the prescribed administrative expenses are 4·6 fee units.
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