New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

JURY REGULATION 2015 - REG 6

6 Payment for jury service

(1) For the purposes of section 72 of the Act, if a person is entitled to be paid for attendance for jury service at a court or coronial inquest, the amount to be paid is to be calculated and paid in accordance with this clause.

(2) The amount is to be calculated as the sum of the following--

(a) an attendance allowance calculated in accordance with the Table in Part 1 of Schedule 1,

(b) a travelling allowance calculated in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 1,

(c) a refreshment allowance calculated in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 1.

(3) A person who is employed at the time the person is in attendance for jury service is entitled to an attendance allowance only if--

(a) the person's full wage, salary or income is reduced during that time as a result of the jury service and then only to the extent of the reduction, or

(b) the person is not paid any of the wage, salary or income that the person would normally be entitled to during that time, or

(c) the person is required to reimburse his or her employer the amount of the jury allowance.

(4) The method of payment for the amount is to be determined by the sheriff.

(5) The sheriff may require a person who claims or intends to claim a jury allowance to supply--

(a) such information as the sheriff considers necessary to determine the amount of jury allowance, if any, to which the person is entitled, and

(b) such information as the sheriff considers necessary to make the payment to the person, including but not limited to the information required to deposit the amount in the person's bank account.

(6) In this clause and Schedule 1, a reference to a person or juror who is employed includes a reference to--

(a) a person or juror who is a full-time, part-time or casual employee, and

(b) a person or juror who is an independent contractor or a self-employed person.