23DNDisqualification from serving on jury (professional ineligibility)

23DN Disqualification from serving on jury (professional ineligibility)

(1) A person is not qualified to serve as a juror in the indictable primary proceedings if the person is: (a) the Governor or Administrator of a State or Territory; or (b) a judge, or other judicial officer, of a court of a State or Territory; or (c) a member of the Parliament or Legislative Assembly of a State or Territory; or (d) a qualified legal practitioner who holds a legal practising certificate in a State or Territory; or (e) a person whose duties or activities involve or are connected with: (i) the investigation or prosecution of criminal offences; or (ii) the administration of justice; or (iii) the punishment of offenders; or (f) a person who: (i) is excluded by a State or Territory law from serving as a juror in a court of that State or Territory; and (ii) is so excluded because the person’s current duties or activities involve or are connected with public administration or emergency services. (2) Subsection (1) has effect in addition to: (a) section 89 of the Navigation Act 2012 and any other law that exempts other categories of persons from serving as jurors; or (b) the Jury Exemption Act 1965 and any other law that provides that other categories of persons are not liable to serve as jurors. For the purposes of this Division, a person exempt from serving, or not liable to serve, as a juror under a law referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) is taken to be not qualified to serve as a juror. (3) Subsection (1) applies whether the position the person holds is paid or not.