Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

JURY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 10

    This section covers a Commonwealth employee who is any of the following:

  (a)   the Official Secretary to the Governor - General;

  (b)   an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, who is assisting a Royal Commission;

  (c)   a person performing the duties of Secretary to a committee of inquiry established under an Act;

  (d)   a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following positions relating to a Minister:

  (i)   Chief of Staff;

  (ii)   Principal Adviser;

  (iii)   Senior Adviser;

  (iv)   Senior Media Adviser;

  (v)   Adviser;

  (vi)   Media Adviser;

  (g)   a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the Department of the Senate:

  (i)   Clerk of the Senate;

  (ii)   Deputy Clerk of the Senate;

  (iii)   Usher of the Black Rod;

  (iv)   an SES employee (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 ), or an acting SES employee (as defined in that Act), with a classification of Senior Executive Band 1;

  (v)   Secretary to a committee established by the Senate, or jointly by the Senate and the House of Representatives (including a committee established by an Act);

    or a Parliamentary Service employee (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 ) performing the duties of a Clerk at the Table in the Senate;

  (h)   a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the Department of the House of Representatives:

  (i)   Clerk of the House of Representatives;

  (ii)   Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives;

  (iii)   Clerk Assistant (Procedure);

  (iv)   Clerk Assistant (Committees);

  (v)   Clerk Assistant (Table);

  (vi)   Serjeant - at - Arms;

  (vii)   Deputy Serjeant - at - Arms;

  (viii)   Director (Programming), Table Office;

  (ix)   Director (Legislation and Records), Table Office;

  (x)   Secretary to a committee established by the House of Representatives, or jointly by the House of Representatives and the Senate (including a committee established by an Act);

  (i)   a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the joint Department (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 ):

  (i)   Secretary;

  (ii)   Parliamentary Librarian;

  (iii)   Chief Information Officer;

  (iv)   First Assistant Secretary, Building and Security Division;

  (v)   Chief Operating Officer;

  (vi)   Chief Finance Officer;

  (vii)   Assistant Secretary, Capital Works Branch;

  (viii)   Director, Legal Services;

  (j)   the Parliamentary Budget Officer;

  (k)   an APS employee holding, or performing the duties of, a position of parliamentary liaison officer in the Department administered by the Prime Minister.