Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00285:clause:1_10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00285
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 10
Character Range: 6879–7693

10  Serving on a jury
  Special circumstances
 (1) Special circumstances, beyond a person's control, exist if the person is serving on a jury and, under the laws of the Commonwealth, State or Territory, as the case may be, the person:
 (a) is eligible to serve on the jury; and
 (b) is not exempt from liability to serve on the jury; and
 (c) is not disqualified from serving on the jury.

  Maximum exemption period
 (2) In the special circumstances mentioned in subsection (1), it may be unreasonable to expect the person to satisfy the activity test:
 (a) for the period for which the person is empanelled on the jury or for a period of up to 13 weeks, whichever is the shorter; and
 (b) for a further period of up to 13 weeks if, at the end of the initial period, the special circumstances remain unchanged.