{"id":"sl-2018-4","name":"Juries Regulation 2018","slug":"juries-regulation-2018","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"4 of 2018","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173412,"registerId":"act-sl-2018-4-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Juries Regulation 2018","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nJuries Regulation 2018\nSL2018-4\nmade under the\nJuries Act 1967\nRepublication No 4\nEffective: 27 March 2024\nRepublication date: 27 March 2024\nLast amendment made by A2023-45\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Juries Regulation 2018, made under the Juries Act 1967 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 27 March 2024. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting\nthis republished law to 27 March 2024.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nJuries Regulation 2018\nmade under the\nJuries Act 1967\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n2 Notes 2\n3 Disqualified people, exempt people and people who may claim\nexemption—Act, s 11 2\nSchedule 1 Jury service 3\nPart 1.1 General 3\n1.1 Meaning of standard—sch 1 3\nPart 1.2 Disqualified people 4\nPart 1.3 Exempt people 6\nPart 1.4 People who may claim exemption 9\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 10\n2 Abbreviation key 10\n3 Legislation history 11\n4 Amendment history 12\n5 Earlier republications 13\n\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nJuries Regulation 2018\nmade under the\nJuries Act 1967\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Juries Regulation 2018.\n2 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this\nregulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.\n3 Disqualified people, exempt people and people who may\nclaim exemption—Act, s 11\n(1) A person mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.2, column 2 is disqualified\nfor the period mentioned in column 3.\n(2) A person mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.3, column 2 is exempt for\nthe period mentioned in column 3.\n(3) A person mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.4 may claim an exemption.\n\nJury service Schedule 1\nGeneral Part 1.1\nSection 1.1\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Jury service\n(see s 3)\nPart 1.1 General\n1.1 Meaning of standard—sch 1\nIn this schedule:\nstandard means the period during which a person is employed in the\noccupation or affected by the circumstance mentioned in schedule 1,\npart 1.3, column 2.\nNote 1 Doctor, enrolled nurse, nurse, nurse practitioner and public trustee and\nguardian are defined in the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.\nNote 2 Nurse includes a midwife (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).\n\nSchedule 1 Jury service\nPart 1.2 Disqualified people\npage 4 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1.2 Disqualified people\nTable 1.2\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\ndisqualified people\ncolumn 3\ndisqualification\nperiod\n1 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT, of an offence punishable by life imprisonment\nlife\n2 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT, of a terrorist offence\nlife\n3 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT, of an offence—\n(a) involving—\n(i) actual or threatened violence; or\n(ii) endangering life; and\n(b) punishable by imprisonment for 15 years or more\nExamples\nmurder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm\nlife\n4 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT, of a sexual offence punishable by imprisonment for\n10 years or more\nlife\n5 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT, of unlawfully possessing or making explosives\nlife\n\nJury service Schedule 1\nDisqualified people Part 1.2\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\ndisqualified people\ncolumn 3\ndisqualification\nperiod\n6 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT of an offence and given a prison sentence, other than\na prison sentence for failing to pay a fine, when 18 years\nor older\n(a) if sentence less\nthan 3 months—\n5 years after the\nsentence or\npost-prison good\nbehaviour order\nor parole ends;\nor\n(b) if sentence\n3 months or\nmore—10 years\nafter the\nsentence or\npost-prison good\nbehaviour order\nor parole ends\n7 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT of an offence and given a detention order, other than\na detention order for failing to pay a fine, when under\n18 years\n3 years after the\ndetention period\nends\n8 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT of an offence and given a good behaviour order,\nwhether or not there is a community service order attached\n3 years after the\ngood behaviour\norder ends\n9 a person who has been convicted, within or outside the\nACT of an offence punishable by imprisonment, who is\nawaiting sentencing or the outcome of an appeal\nperiod until sentence\nimposed or outcome\nof appeal known\n\nSchedule 1 Jury service\nPart 1.3 Exempt people\npage 6 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1.3 Exempt people\nTable 1.3\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nexempt people\ncolumn 3\nexemption period\n1 a person exempt from serving as a juror under—\n• the Jury Exemption Act 1965 (Cwlth), section 4 or\nregulations under that section; or\n• the Navigation Act 2012 (Cwlth), section 89\nstandard\n2 a magistrate or coroner 2 years after the\nappointment as\nmagistrate or\ncoroner ends\n3 an employee of the government of a foreign country or of an\ninternational organisation\nstandard\n4 the official secretary to the Governor-General standard\n5 an Australian legal practitioner under the Legal Profession\nAct 2006, or an employee of an Australian legal practitioner\nstandard\n6 a practising doctor standard\n7 a police officer 5 years after the\nemployment as\npolice officer ends\n8 a person engaged in full-time or part-time duties as a\nmember of an emergency service (not including on a casual\nor volunteer basis)\nstandard\n9 a person living in the Jervis Bay Territory standard\n10 a judge 2 years after the\nappointment as\njudge ends\n11 a member of the Legislative Assembly or a member of staff\nof a member of the Legislative Assembly who is an adviser\nor private secretary\nstandard\n12 a director-general standard\n\nJury service Schedule 1\nExempt people Part 1.3\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nexempt people\ncolumn 3\nexemption period\n13 a public servant in the staff of the following:\n(a) the Supreme Court;\n(b) the Magistrates Court\n2 years after the\nemployment ends\n14 a public servant providing legal professional services in the\nstaff of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate\nstandard\n15 a public servant providing legal professional services in the\nstaff of the following:\n(a) the Legal Aid Commission (A.C.T.);\n(b) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions\n2 years after the\nemployment ends\n16 a person holding any of the following positions in the\nLegislative Assembly:\n(a) clerk;\n(b) deputy clerk;\n(c) clerk assistant;\n(d) sergeant-at-arms;\n(e) editor of debates;\n(f) secretary to a committee of the Assembly\nstandard\n17 an employee at any of the following places:\n(a) a place declared to be a detention place under the\nChildren and Young People Act 2008, section 142;\n(b) a place approved as a place of care under the\nChildren and Young People Act 2008, section 525;\n(c) a place declared to be an intensive therapy place\nunder the Children and Young People Act 2008,\nsection 589\n2 years after the\nemployment ends\n18 the emergency services commissioner and a chief officer, or\ndeputy chief officer, of an emergency service\nstandard\n19 an employee of ACT Corrective Services 2 years after the\nemployment ends\n\nSchedule 1 Jury service\nPart 1.3 Exempt people\npage 8 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\nexempt people\ncolumn 3\nexemption period\n20 a person appointed as any of the following:\n(a) a royal commission under the Royal Commissions\nAct 1991, section 5;\n(b) a board of inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991,\nsection 5;\n(c) a member of the judicial council established under\nthe Judicial Commissions Act 1994, section 5A;\n(d) a member of a judicial commission under the\nJudicial Commissions Act 1994, section 6\nstandard\n21 a public servant during the period the public servant is made\navailable to a royal commission, board of inquiry or judicial\ncommission\nstandard\n22 a commissioner under the Human Rights Commission\nAct 2005 or the public trustee and guardian under the Public\nTrustee and Guardian Act 1985\n2 years after the\nappointment ends\n23 a person for whom a guardian has been appointed under the\nGuardianship and Management of Property Act 1991\nstandard\n\nJury service Schedule 1\nPeople who may claim exemption Part 1.4\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nPart 1.4 People who may claim exemption\nTable 1.4\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\npeople who may claim exemption\n1 a minister of religion\n2 a practising member of a religious society or order the beliefs or principles of\nwhich are incompatible with jury service\n3 a professor, lecturer, school principal or teacher engaged in full-time or\npart-time teaching of organised classes (not including on a casual or voluntary\nbasis) at a university, college or school\n4 an editor of a newspaper\n5 a practising nurse, practising enrolled nurse, practising nurse practitioner\n6 a household officer or member of staff of the Governor-General\n7 a person who is 70 years old or older\n8 a person with disability within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 1991,\nincluding a person who is totally or partially blind, or totally or partially deaf\n9 a person who is subject to a mental health order under the Mental Health\nAct 2015\n10 a person who is unable to read and speak the English language\n11 a person who lives with, and is caring full-time for, a person who is sick or\ninfirm or who is a person with disability within the meaning of the Disability\nServices Act 1991\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 10 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 11\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was made as part of the Courts and Other Justice Legislation\nAmendment Act 2018 (see A2018-9 s 89) and is taken to have been made under the\nJuries Act 1967 A1967-47 (see s 53 (1) as ins by A2018-9 s 88).\nJuries Regulation 2018 SL2018-4\ntaken to have been notified LR 29 March 2018 (A1967-47 s 53 (3) (a)\nas ins by A2018-9 s 88)\ns 1 commenced 29 March 2018 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder taken to have commenced 26 April 2018 (A1967-47\ns 53 (3) (b) as ins by A2018-9 s 88)\nas amended by\nJustice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2019\nA2019-17 pt 8\nnotified LR 14 June 2019\ns 1, s 2 commenced 14 June 2019 (LA s 75 (1))\npt 8 commenced 21 June 2019 (s 2)\nCourts Legislation Amendment Act 2023 A2023-37 sch 1 pt 1.9\nnotified LR 29 September 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 29 September 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.9 commenced 30 September 2023 (s 2)\nJustice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment\nAct 2023 A2023-45 sch 1 pt 1.7\nnotified LR 15 November 2023\ns 1, s 2 commenced 15 November 2023 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.7 commenced 27 March 2024 (s 2 (2) (a))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 12 Juries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\nR4\n27/03/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nExempt people\nsch 1 pt 1.3 am A2019-17 s 21; A2023-37 amdt 1.15; A2023-45 amdt 1.31\nPeople who may claim exemption\nsch 1 pt 1.4 am A2019-17 s 22\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR4\n27/03/24\nJuries Regulation 2018\nEffective: 27/03/24\npage 13\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications are\nmarked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n26 Apr 2018\n26 Apr 2018–\n20 June 2019\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n21 June 2019\n21 June 2019–\n29 Sept 2023\nA2019-17 amendments by\nA2019-17\nR3\n30 Sept 2023\n30 Sept 2023–\n26 Mar 2024\nA2023-37 amendments by\nA2023-37\n© Australian Capital Territory 2024","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulation's substantive scope was altered after original making: schedule 1, part 1.3 (exempt people) was amended by A2019-17, A2023-37 and A2023-45, and schedule 1, part 1.4 (people who may claim exemption) was amended by A2019-17. Those amendments changed who is recorded as exempt or eligible to claim exemption; disqualification categories in part 1.2 remain as published in this republication. (See endnote 4.)"},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-references to other Acts and instruments (Juries Act 1967; Legislation Act definitions; Jury Exemption Act 1965; Navigation Act 2012; Children and Young People Act 2008; Mental Health Act 2015, etc.) — schedule 1 and endnotes.","Multiple, distinct categories with differing time-based disqualification or exemption periods (life, years after employment/sentence/appointment, or the 'standard' employment period) — schedule 1, parts 1.2–1.3.","Use of a defined shorthand ('standard') that depends on the period of employment or circumstance, creating conditional interpretation across items — sch 1, cl 1.1.","Overlapping status possibilities (disqualified, exempt, or may claim exemption) requiring administrative assessment and possible contestation by individuals or courts — s 3 and schedule 1.","Amendment history modifying exemption and claimable-exemption lists across multiple amending Acts, increasing interpretive uncertainty for historical cases — endnotes 3–4.","Procedural implications for courts and employers (verification, record-keeping, acceptance of claims) implicit rather than prescriptively set out, creating practical compliance burdens."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this regulation lists who is disqualified from, exempt from, or may claim exemption from jury service in the ACT and fixes the time periods that apply to each status. It affects anyone summoned for jury duty — including certain convicted people, public officials, selected professionals, carers, older people and people with disabilities — and matters because it determines who must attend, who can be excused, and what administrative checks and timings courts and employers must apply."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: specifying disqualifications, exemptions, and excusal categories for jury service. The 2023 amendments added some categories (such as public servants providing legal professional services) and adjusted time periods, but these are incremental refinements within the established framework rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Short document (13 pages, approximately 8 pages of substantive content)","Simple tabular structure with three clear categories (disqualified, exempt, may claim exemption)","Only 1 defined term ('standard' in section 1.1)","Minimal cross-referencing — primarily references to external Acts for definitions (e.g., 'doctor', 'nurse' defined in Legislation Act)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond straightforward time-based calculations (e.g., '2 years after employment ends')","Clear, plain language drafting with examples provided (e.g., 'murder, manslaughter, grievous bodily harm')","Straightforward amendment history with only 3 amending Acts since 2018"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation (with the Juries Act 1967) defines who may, may not, or can seek to be excused from jury service in the ACT by creating three categories: disqualified people (barred, often because of serious convictions), exempt people (automatic exclusions tied to certain roles or statuses), and those who may claim exemption (eg, older adults, carers, people with disabilities or limited English). It matters because it protects trial fairness while accommodating public‑safety roles and genuine hardship."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018","history":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/juries-regulation-2018/documents"}}