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Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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Juries Act 1957 (W.A.)(C.K.I)
(Amendment) Ordinance 1996

No. 7 of 1996

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.

Dated 6 November 1996.

 WILLIAM DEANE
 Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,

WARWICK SMITH
Minister for Sport, Territories and Local Government
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An Ordinance to amend the Juries Act 1957 (W.A.)(C.K.I.)

1.   Short title
1.1   This Ordinance may be cited as the Juries Act 1957 (W.A.)(C.K.I) (Amendment) Ordinance 1996.1

[NOTE:     This Ordinance commences on gazettal: see Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955, s. 12 (2).]

2.    Amendment
2.1   The Juries Act 1957 (W.A.)(C.K.I) is amended as set out in this Ordinance.

3.    Section 3 (Interpretation)
3.1   Definition of "Assembly district":
Omit the definition.

3.2   Definition of "jury district":
Omit the definition.

3.3   Definition of "police officer":
Omit the definition.

3.4   Insert the following definition:

" 'CEO' means the chief executive officer of the local government for the district of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.K.I.);".

4.    Section 4 (Liability to serve as juror)
4.1   Omit the section, substitute:

Liability to serve as juror

 "4. A person is liable to serve as a juror at trials in the Territory if the person is enrolled, under the Local Government Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.K.I.), to vote at elections for the district of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

[NOTE:  Sections 4.29 and 4.30 of the Local Government Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.K.I.) set out the conditions that must be satisfied for a person to be eligible to be enrolled to vote at elections for the district of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.]".

5.    Part III (Jury Districts)
5.1   Omit the Part, substitute:

"PART 3—THE JURY DISTRICT

Constitution of the Territory as the jury district

 "9. The jury district is the Territory.".

6.    Section 14 (CEO to prepare jury lists)
6.1   Subsection 14 (1) to (4) (inclusive):
Omit the subsections, substitute:

 "(1) Before 30 April in each year the CEO must give the Sheriff a list of all the persons to whom section 4 applies.

 "(2) Subject to section 5, the list given under subsection (1) is the jury list for the jury district for the period that begins on 1 May of the year to which the list applies and ends on 30 April of the following year.".

7.    New section 14A
7.1   After section 14, insert:

Transitional provisions for the preparation of Jurors' Books

 "14A. (1) Within 2 months after the commencement of this section, the CEO must give the Sheriff a list of all the persons who:
         (a) are liable, under section 4, to serve as