Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

JURY EXEMPTION REGULATIONS 2019 - REG 8

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

  (a)   an officer of, or APS employee in, any of the following, whose duties involve the provision of legal services:

  (i)   a Department;

  (ii)   the Office of Parliamentary Counsel;

  (iii)   the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions;

  (b)   an officer or employee of the High Court;

  (c)   a person who is either:

  (i)   an officer of a federal court other than the High Court; or

  (ii)   an APS employee whose services are made available for the purposes of the administrative affairs of a federal court other than the High Court;

    whose duties relate directly and substantially to the administration of justice;

  (d)   an APS employee in the National Measurement Institute whose duties involve providing analytical or calibration services or advice;

  (e)   a person employed under section   24 of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ;

  (f)   a person who is any of the following:

  (i)   the Chief Executive Officer of the ACC;

  (ii)   an examiner appointed under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ;

  (iii)   a member of the staff of the ACC referred to in subsection   47(1) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 ;

  (g)   a member, the Principal Registrar or a staff member of the Administrative Review Tribunal, within the meaning of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 .

  (h)   a member of the National Native Title Tribunal, the Native Title Registrar, a Deputy Registrar of that Tribunal or a member of the staff assisting that Tribunal;

  (i)   a staff member (as defined in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 ) whose duties involve the provision of legal services or investigating matters.