SCHEDULE 1 - Persons disqualified from jury service

Section 6(2)

1.    Prison for indictable offences

(1) A person is disqualified from jury service if the person has been convicted in Tasmania or another jurisdiction of one or more indictable offences and sentenced to –

(a) imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of 3 years or more in respect of any one or more of those offences; or

(b) a period of detention for 3 years or more under a restriction order made under section 75 of the Sentencing Act 1997 or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction.

(2) A conviction in respect of which a free pardon has been granted is to be disregarded for the purpose of subclause (1) .

(3) A person who has been convicted in Tasmania or another jurisdiction of one or more indictable offences and sentenced to imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of not less than 3 months is disqualified from jury service for a period of 5 years from the completion of the term of imprisonment.

(4) A person who is under parole is taken to be serving a term of imprisonment.

2.    Community service order

A person who is subject to a community service order, a probation order or an undertaking to appear under the Sentencing Act 1997 is disqualified from jury service.

3.    Prison for offences

A person who is undergoing a term of imprisonment, whether or not the imprisonment is wholly or partly suspended, is disqualified from jury service.

4.    Remanded in custody

A person who is remanded in custody is disqualified from jury service.