District Court of Western Australia Act 1969

The persons qualified and liable to serve as jurors at civil and criminal trials and for the assessment of damages respectively under the Juries Act 1957 are the persons qualified and liable to act as jurors in the Court.

Where the Court is sitting at Perth, the jury books or lists made under the Juries Act 1957, for the Supreme Court shall be the jury books or lists for the Court and the provisions of that Act apply to the Court as though it were the Supreme Court.

Where the Court is sitting at a place other than Perth, the jury books or lists made under the Juries Act 1957 for a Circuit Court, within the meaning of that Act, at that place shall be the jury books or lists for the Court and the provisions of that act apply to the Court as though it were a Circuit Court.

Subject to this Act, the provisions of the Juries Act 1957 apply in respect of the Court, a District Court judge and any criminal or other trial within the meaning of that Act held in the Court as they apply in respect of the Supreme Court and a judge thereof and any such trial held in the Supreme Court and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions of that Act relating to the constitution and procuring of juries, the summoning and challenging of jurors, the discharge of juries and the verdicts of juries, extend and apply to the constituting and procuring of juries, the summoning and challenging of jurors, the discharge of juries and the verdicts of juries in the Court.

Where a sitting of the Supreme Court and of the Court coincide wholly or in part at the same place, a jury precept may be issued for summoning jurors to attend both those sittings.