NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
JURIES REGULATIONS 1983
As in force at 1 July 2021
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
4 Jury district of Darwin ...................................................................... 1
5 Jury district of Alice Springs............................................................. 2
6 Fee for civil trial ............................................................................... 2
7 Random selection by computer ....................................................... 3
8 Fees ................................................................................................ 3
9 Fares ............................................................................................... 4
10 Form of acknowledgement .............................................................. 4
11 Transitional matters for Juries Amendment Regulations 2007 ........ 4
Schedule 2
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 July 2021
JURIES REGULATIONS 1983
Regulations under the Juries Act 1962
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Juries Regulations 1983.
4 Jury district of Darwin
(1) For section 20 of the Act, the jury district of Darwin comprises the
area of land in the following divisions:
(a) Blain;
(b) Brennan;
(c) Casuarina;
(d) Drysdale;
(e) Fannie Bay;
(f) Fong Lim;
(g) Goyder;
(h) Johnston;
(i) Karama;
(j) Nelson;
(k) Nightcliff;
(l) Port Darwin;
(m) Sanderson;
(ma) Spillett;
(n) Wanguri.
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(2) In this regulation:
division, see section 3 of the Electoral Act 2004.
5 Jury district of Alice Springs
(1) For section 20 of the Act, the jury district of Alice Springs comprises
the area of land in the municipality of Alice Springs.
(2) In this regulation:
municipality, see section 15 of the Local Government Act 2019.
6 Fee for civil trial
(1) For section 8(1) of the Act, the prescribed fee is:
(a) if the trial lasts 9 days or less – 240 monetary units for each
day of the trial; or
(b) if the trial lasts 10 days or more – 480 monetary units for each
day of the trial.
(1A) The fee is to be calculated based on the value of a monetary unit
on the first day of the trial.
(2) For section 8(2) of the Act, the party liable to the fee:
(a) must, before the court sits on the first day of the trial, submit a
written estimate of the number of days the trial will last and
pay an amount equal to the prescribed fee for a trial of the
length estimated; and
(b) if the estimate is exceeded – must, before the trial resumes on
the first day on which the estimate is exceeded, submit a
revised estimate and pay an amount equal to the prescribed
fee for a trial of the length estimated less the amount already
paid; and
(c) if the revised estimate is exceeded – must, before the trial
resumes on the first day on which the revised estimate is
exceeded, submit a further revised estimate and pay an
amount equal to the prescribed fee for a trial of the length
estimated less the amount already paid; and
(d) must continue as indicated above if the trial lasts longer than
the period estimated in the last estimate submitted under this
regulation.
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(3) If a court sits with the jury for part of a day, the day is counted as a
whole day for subregulations (1) and (2).
(4) If it appears, at the end of a trial, that the amount paid under
subregulation (2) exceeds the fee actually payable under
subregulation (1), the amount overpaid must be refunded to the
party.
7 Random selection by computer
For the purposes of section 27 of the Act, the prescribed manner for
the random selection by computer of the persons to be summoned
from those whose names appear in the jury list for Darwin or the
jury list for Alice Springs is any system for random selection by
computer which, for a statistical analysis over a population of
120,000, gives a variation from the expected value of less than plus
or minus 0.5% based on percentiles of 12,000.
8 Fees
(1) For section 60 of the Act, an employee who continues to receive
ordinary pay and who has no deductions from other leave
entitlements while on leave to attend for jury service is taken to
have received payment for attendance.
Example for subregulation (1)
If, under by-law 20 of the Public Sector Employment and Management By-laws,
the Chief Executive Officer releases an employee for jury service without
deduction from pay or leave credits, that employee is taken to have received
payment.
(2) However, if the sheriff or deputy sheriff is satisfied that
subsection (1) does not apply, the payment a juror or talesman is
entitled to receive for attendance is:
(a) for each day, or part day, of service as a juror for a trial:
(i) 60 monetary units – if the trial lasts 9 days or less; or
(ii) 120 monetary units – if the trial lasts 10 days or more;
and
(b) 20 monetary units for each day, or part day, the person
attends for service, but does not serve as a juror for a trial.
(2A) If a trial commences before 1 July in a year and concludes after
1 July of that year, the juror or talesman is entitled to receive
payment as if the trial had commenced after 1 July of that year.
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(3) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the sheriff that as result of
attendance on a day, or part day, the juror or talesman has suffered
financial loss, the juror or talesman is entitled to receive an
additional amount for that attendance equal to the lesser of:
(a) the amount by which the loss exceeds the amount payable
under subregulation (2); and
(b) either:
(i) 30 monetary units – if the person serves as a juror for a
trial; or
(ii) 20 monetary units – in any other case.
9 Fares
(1) A person whose residence is more than one kilometre from the
relevant Supreme Court is entitled to be paid for each journey made
between the person's residence and the Court to attend the Court
as a juror or talesman or to return home afterwards.
(2) The fare payable under this regulation for a journey is:
(a) if public transport is available – the amount payable by the
juror or talesman for using public transport for the journey; or
(b) in any other case – an amount calculated at 0.27 monetary
units for each kilometre of the journey, measured along the
shortest practicable road route.
10 Form of acknowledgement
(1) For the purposes of section 68(2)(d) of the Act, the form of
acknowledgement in answer to a jury summons, shall be in
accordance with the form set out in Schedule 2.
(2) The form referred to in subregulation (1) shall be completed in
accordance with such directions and instructions as are specified in
the form.
11 Transitional matters for Juries Amendment Regulations 2007
If immediately before the commencement of the Juries Amendment
Regulations 2007 (the 2007 regulations) a trial lasting 10 days or
more has commenced but has not concluded:
(a) for regulation 6 the prescribed amounts must be re-calculated
as if the trial had commenced after the commencement of the
2007 regulations; and
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(b) for regulation 8 the juror or talesman is entitled to receive
payment as if the trial had commenced after the
commencement of the 2007 regulations.
Schedule 2
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Schedule 2
regulation 10(1)
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
Juries Act 1962
section 68(2)(d)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY JUROR OF RECEIPT OF JURY
SUMMONS
Fill in the personal details as requested below.
Tear off and return the acknowledgement, in the envelope provided, to
the Sheriff.
Please bring the part of the summons retained by you to the Court on
the day appointed for you to attend.
I,.........................………........., hereby acknowledge receipt of this summons.
.....……...............
Signature
Home address:......………………………….….....................Phone..……….......
Postal address: (if different from home address)
..................................……………………………………………….........................
Work address:..................………………………………..........Phone.....………....
Dated:
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Juries Regulations (SL No. 41, 1983)
Notified 21 October 1983
Commenced 21 October 1983
Amendment of the Juries Regulations (SL No. 4, 1987)
Notified 11 February 1987
Commenced 11 February 1987
Juries Regulations (SL No. 40, 1989)
Notified 10 January 1990
Commenced 10 January 1990
Juries Amendment Act 1990 (Act No. 63, 1990)
Assent date 14 December 1990
Commenced 14 December 1990
Amendment of Juries Regulations (SL No. 30, 1997)
Notified 12 November 1997
Commenced 12 November 1997
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 44, 2003)
Assent date 7 July 2003
Commenced 7 July 2003
Electoral (Consequential Amendments) Act 2004 (Act No. 12, 2004)
Assent date 1 March 2004
Commenced 15 March 2004 (s 2, s 2 Electoral Act 2004 (Act No. 11, 2004)
and Gaz S6, 15 March 2004)
Juries Amendment Regulations 2007 (SL No. 27, 2007)
Notified 22 August 2007
Commenced 22 August 2007
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Juries Amendment Regulations 2010 (SL No. 27, 2010)
Notified 29 November 2010
Commenced 29 November 2010
Juries Amendment Regulations 2017 (SL No. 6, 2017)
Notified 12 April 2017
Commenced 12 April 2017
Juries Amendment Regulations 2019 (SL No. 8, 2019)
Notified 19 June 2019
Commenced 1 July 2019 (r 2)
Local Government Act 2019 (Act No. 39, 2019)
Assent date 13 December 2019
Commenced pt 8.6: 1 July 2022; rem: 1 July 2021 (Gaz S27,
30 June 2021)
Amending Legislation
Statute Law Revision Act 2020 (Act No. 26, 2020)
Assent date 19 November 2020
Commenced 20 November 2020 (s 2)
Local Government Amendment Act 2021 (Act No. 15, 2021)
Assent date 25 May 2021
Commenced 26 May 2021 (s 2)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 4 and 5.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 2 rep No. 27, 2007, r 3
r 3 amd Act No. 63, 1990, s 3; Act No. 44, 2003, s 6; Act No. 12, 2004, s 7
rep No. 27, 2010, r 3
r 4 amd No. 40, 1989; Act No. 63, 1990, s 3; No. 30, 1997; No. 27, 2007, r 4;
No. 6, 2017, r 3
sub No. 27, 2010, r 3
r 5 amd No. 4, 1987; Act No. 63, 1990, s 3; No. 27, 2010, r 4; Act No. 39, 2019,
s 370
r 6 sub No. 27, 2007, r 5
amd. No. 8, 2019, r 4
r 7 amd No. 27, 2007, r 6
r 8 sub No. 27, 2007, r 7
amd No. 8, 2019, r 5
r 9 sub No. 27, 2007, r 7
amd No. 8, 2019, r 6
r 11 ins No. 27, 2007, r 8
sch 1 rep No. 27, 2007, r 9
sch 2 amd No. 27, 2007, r 10