Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00074:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00074
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 930–2185

4  Certain persons not liable to serve as jurors

 (1) A person, or a person included within a class of persons, referred to in the Schedule to this Act is not liable, and shall not be summoned, to serve as a juror in a Federal court, a court of a State or a court of a Territory.

 (2) The Governor‑General may make regulations for or in relation to:
 (a) exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror:
 (i) in Federal courts;
 (ii) in Federal courts exercising jurisdiction in a specified State or Territory; or
 (iii) in the courts of a specified Territory; and
 (b) exempting a Commonwealth employee, or a person included within a class of Commonwealth employees, specified in the regulations from liability to serve as a juror in the courts of the States or in the courts of a specified State.

 (3) A Commonwealth employee shall not be summoned to serve as a juror in a court in which, by reason of the regulations, he or she is exempt from serving as a juror.

 (4) In this section, Commonwealth employee means:
 (a) a person employed under an Act; and
 (b) a member, officer or employee of a body established by or under an Act.