In this Act –

civil trial means a trial of an issue or an assessment of damages before the court sitting in the exercise of a jurisdiction other than its criminal jurisdiction;

court means the Supreme Court;

criminal trial means –

(a) a trial on indictment for an indictable offence; and

(b) a trial of an issue by the court sitting in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction; and

(c) an investigation or a special hearing under the Criminal Justice (Mental Impairment) Act 1999 ;

deliberations includes discussions between 2 or more jurors during a trial of matters relevant to that trial;

Electoral Commissioner means the Electoral Commissioner appointed under section 14 of the Electoral Act 2004 ;

juror means a person who is a member of a jury;

jury district means a jury district referred to in section 18 ;

jury list means a jury list referred to in section 20 ;

jury roll means a jury roll referred to in section 19 ;

jury service means service as a juror in a trial;

jury service period means the period for which a jury roll is prepared;

majority verdict means a verdict on which 10 jurors agree;

non-disqualifying offence means an offence that does not disqualify a person from jury service under Schedule 1 ;

panel means a panel constituted under section 28(4) ;

prohibited matter means any statement made, opinion expressed, argument advanced or vote cast in the course of the deliberations of a jury;

psychologist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) in the psychology profession;

publish includes disseminate, broadcast and transmit;

reserve juror means a person referred to in section 26 ;

Sheriff means the sheriff or deputy sheriff of the court;

State roll means the State roll as defined in the Electoral Act 2004 ;

supplementary juror means a person referred to in section 37 ;

trial means a civil trial or a criminal trial;

view includes inspection.