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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23DJ

Disqualification from serving on jury (professional ineligibility)

  (1)   A person is not qualified to serve as a juror 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.


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