Jury Regulation 2017
sec.5Jury districts— Act , s 7
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sec.5 Jury districts— Act , s 7
For section 7 (1) of the Act , the following areas are established as jury districts— each area described in schedule 1 , column 2; each area within a 20km radius of the courthouse at a place at which the District Court is constituted and held under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 6 , if that area is not in a jury district mentioned in schedule 1 . Each jury district described in schedule 1 , column 2 is assigned the name set out opposite it in schedule 1 , column 1. Each jury district established under subsection (1) (b) has the same name as the place at which the District Court is held. If the District Court is held at Toowoomba, the name of the jury district is the Toowoomba jury district. For schedule 1 — a reference to a District Court district by name is a reference to the district of the District Court of that name under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 ; and a reference to a city or shire by name is a reference to the city or shire of that name declared as a local government area under the repealed Local Government Act 1993 as in force immediately before 15 March 2008. 15 March 2008 was the changeover day declared under the Local Government Act 1993 , section 159YE (2) for all new, adjusted and continuing local government areas listed in schedule 1A of that Act. See the notice published in the gazette on 23 November 2007 at page 1680. For section 7 (2) of the Act , the boundaries for each jury district established under subsection (1) are the boundaries of the area or areas comprising the jury district. (sec.5-ssec.1) For section 7 (1) of the Act , the following areas are established as jury districts— each area described in schedule 1 , column 2; each area within a 20km radius of the courthouse at a place at which the District Court is constituted and held under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 6 , if that area is not in a jury district mentioned in schedule 1 . (sec.5-ssec.2) Each jury district described in schedule 1 , column 2 is assigned the name set out opposite it in schedule 1 , column 1. (sec.5-ssec.3) Each jury district established under subsection (1) (b) has the same name as the place at which the District Court is held. If the District Court is held at Toowoomba, the name of the jury district is the Toowoomba jury district. (sec.5-ssec.4) For schedule 1 — a reference to a District Court district by name is a reference to the district of the District Court of that name under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 ; and a reference to a city or shire by name is a reference to the city or shire of that name declared as a local government area under the repealed Local Government Act 1993 as in force immediately before 15 March 2008. 15 March 2008 was the changeover day declared under the Local Government Act 1993 , section 159YE (2) for all new, adjusted and continuing local government areas listed in schedule 1A of that Act. See the notice published in the gazette on 23 November 2007 at page 1680. (sec.5-ssec.5) For section 7 (2) of the Act , the boundaries for each jury district established under subsection (1) are the boundaries of the area or areas comprising the jury district.