sec.4Qualification to serve as juror

### sec.4 Qualification to serve as juror A person is qualified to serve as a juror at a trial within a jury district ( qualified for jury service ) if— the person is enrolled as an elector; and the person’s address as shown on the electoral roll is within the jury district; and the person is eligible for jury service. A person who is enrolled as an elector is eligible for jury service unless the person is mentioned in subsection (3) . The following persons are not eligible for jury service— the Governor; a member of Parliament; a local government mayor or other councillor; a person who is or has been a judge or magistrate (in the State or elsewhere); a person who is or has been a presiding member of the Land and Resources Tribunal; a lawyer actually engaged in legal work; a person who is or has been a police officer (in the State or elsewhere); a detention centre employee; a corrective services officer; a person who is 70 years or more, if the person has not elected to be eligible for jury service under subsection (4) ; a person who is not able to read or write the English language; a person who has a physical or mental disability that makes the person incapable of effectively performing the functions of a juror; a person who has been convicted of an indictable offence, whether on indictment or in a summary proceeding; a person who has been sentenced (in the State or elsewhere) to imprisonment. A person who is 70 years or more may elect to be eligible for jury service in the way prescribed under a regulation. s 4 amd 1996 No. 80 s 3 ; 2000 No. 63 s 276 sch 2 ; 2002 No. 34 s 27 ; 2002 No. 39 s 154 ; 2004 No. 43 s 3 sch (sec.4-ssec.1) A person is qualified to serve as a juror at a trial within a jury district ( qualified for jury service ) if— the person is enrolled as an elector; and the person’s address as shown on the electoral roll is within the jury district; and the person is eligible for jury service. (sec.4-ssec.2) A person who is enrolled as an elector is eligible for jury service unless the person is mentioned in subsection (3) . (sec.4-ssec.3) The following persons are not eligible for jury service— the Governor; a member of Parliament; a local government mayor or other councillor; a person who is or has been a judge or magistrate (in the State or elsewhere); a person who is or has been a presiding member of the Land and Resources Tribunal; a lawyer actually engaged in legal work; a person who is or has been a police officer (in the State or elsewhere); a detention centre employee; a corrective services officer; a person who is 70 years or more, if the person has not elected to be eligible for jury service under subsection (4) ; a person who is not able to read or write the English language; a person who has a physical or mental disability that makes the person incapable of effectively performing the functions of a juror; a person who has been convicted of an indictable offence, whether on indictment or in a summary proceeding; a person who has been sentenced (in the State or elsewhere) to imprisonment. (sec.4-ssec.4) A person who is 70 years or more may elect to be eligible for jury service in the way prescribed under a regulation. - (a) the person is enrolled as an elector; and - (b) the person’s address as shown on the electoral roll is within the jury district; and - (c) the person is eligible for jury service. - (a) the Governor; - (b) a member of Parliament; - (c) a local government mayor or other councillor; - (d) a person who is or has been a judge or magistrate (in the State or elsewhere); - (e) a person who is or has been a presiding member of the Land and Resources Tribunal; - (f) a lawyer actually engaged in legal work; - (g) a person who is or has been a police officer (in the State or elsewhere); - (h) a detention centre employee; - (i) a corrective services officer; - (j) a person who is 70 years or more, if the person has not elected to be eligible for jury service under subsection (4) ; - (k) a person who is not able to read or write the English language; - (l) a person who has a physical or mental disability that makes the person incapable of effectively performing the functions of a juror; - (m) a person who has been convicted of an indictable offence, whether on indictment or in a summary proceeding; - (n) a person who has been sentenced (in the State or elsewhere) to imprisonment.