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Territory of Christmas Island
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Juries Legislation (Amendment)
Ordinance 1996

No. 9 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 Christmas Island Act 1958.

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.I.) and to repeal the Juries Ordinance 1987

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

1.   Short title
1.1   This Ordinance may be cited as the Juries Legislation (Amendment) Ordinance 1996.1

[NOTE:     This Ordinance commences on gazettal: see Christmas Island Act 1958, s. 9 (2).]

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF THE JURIES ACT 1957 (W.A.)(C.I.)

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

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 Christmas Island within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.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.I.), to vote at elections for the district of Christmas Island.

[NOTE:  Sections 4.29 and 4.30 of the Local Government Act 1995 (W.A.)(C.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 Christmas Island.]".

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   Subsections 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.   Section 15 (Electoral Commissioner to prepare jury lists for new districts)
7.1   Omit the section.

8.   Section 17 (Duty of police)
8.1   Omit "Electoral Commissioner", substitute "CEO".

9.   Section 30 (Rights of parties to inspect panels for criminal trials)
9.1   Omit the section, substitute:

Inspection