Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819:section:23du:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00819
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23DU (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 139309–141949

23DU  Provision of jury panel by State/Territory jury official

Request for a jury panel
 (1) The Sheriff may, in writing, for the purposes of indictable primary proceedings under this Division, request a State/Territory jury official to:
 (a) prepare and provide a jury panel to the Sheriff; and
 (b) issue summonses to a sufficient number of persons mentioned in subsection (2) to allow the empanelment of a jury for the purposes of the proceedings.
 (2) The persons are persons who may be summoned under a law of the State or Territory concerned relating to juries for the purposes of the trial on indictment of an offence in the Supreme Court of the State or Territory concerned.

Complying with request
 (3) If a request is made under subsection (1), the official:
 (a) must comply with the request; and
 (b) is authorised to issue the summonses under this subsection.
Note: It is an offence if a person served with a summons fails to attend for jury service in accordance with the summons, and the person has not been excused (see section 58AA).
 (4) In complying with the request, the official must apply the same processes the official would apply in preparing a jury panel (however described), and issuing summonses, for the purposes of the trial on indictment of an offence in the Supreme Court of the State or Territory concerned.
 (5) The official may comply with the request under subsection (3) concurrently with any of the official's powers, functions or duties under a law of the State or Territory relating to the preparation of a jury panel (however described), or relating to the issuing of summonses, for the purposes of the trial on indictment of an offence in the Supreme Court of the State or Territory concerned.
 (6) For the purposes of this section and subsections 23DZL(3) to (5), the laws in force in a State or Territory relating to:
 (a) the preparation of jury lists and jury panels (however described); and
 (b) the processes associated with issuing summonses;
that apply for the purposes of the trial on indictment of an offence in the Supreme Court of the State or Territory concerned extend and are to be applied for the purposes of the indictable primary proceedings.
Note 1: Subsections 23DZL(3) to (5) deal with supplementing a jury panel if the jury panel was provided to the Sheriff under this section.
Note 2: A person who is not excused from inclusion on a jury panel (however described) under a law of a State or Territory may later be excused from serving as a juror for the purposes of the indictable primary proceedings (see sections 23DZD, 23DZE and 23DZK).
 (7) For the purposes of subsection