Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 - SECT 23DY

  (1)   If a State/Territory jury official provides to the Sheriff a jury panel as mentioned in section   23DU, the Court must pay to the State or Territory concerned, for the provision of that panel, either:

  (a)   a fee worked out in accordance with an arrangement under section   23DZ; or

  (b)   if there is no such arrangement--a fee agreed between the Court and the State or Territory.

  (2)   An amount of a fee for the purposes of subsection   (1) may be nil.

  (3)   If the Court considers it appropriate to do so, the Court may pay a fee to a State or Territory if:

  (a)   the Sheriff makes a request under subsection   23DU(1) for a State/Territory jury official in the State or Territory concerned to prepare and provide a jury panel to the Sheriff; and

  (b)   the Sheriff later rescinds the request before the official provides the jury panel.