South Australian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 1927 - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3—Persons ineligible for jury service

1—Interpretation

In this Schedule—

domestic partner means a person who is a domestic partner within the meaning of the Family Relationships Act 1975 , whether declared as such under that Act or not;

spouse —a person is the spouse of another if they are legally married.

2—Persons ineligible for jury service

The following persons are ineligible for jury service:

The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and their spouses or domestic partners;

Ministers of the Crown and their spouses or domestic partners;

Members of Parliament;

Members of the judiciary or magistracy and their spouses or domestic partners;

Justices of the peace who perform court duties and their spouses or domestic partners;

Legal practitioners actually practising as such;

Members of the police force and their spouses or domestic partners;

Persons employed in a department of the Government, or employed by a body prescribed by regulation, whose duties of office are connected with the investigation of offences, the administration of justice or the punishment of offenders;

Persons employed in the administration of courts or in the recording or transcription of evidence taken before courts.