SCHEDULE 8 - Savings and Transitional Provisions

Section 69

1.    Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which this Act commences;

repealed Act means the Jury Act 1899 .

2.    Trials

The repealed Act continues to apply after the commencement day in respect of a trial in which a jury was empanelled before that day.

3.    Jury lists

A jury list prepared for a jury district under the repealed Act and in effect immediately before the commencement day is, on that day, the jury list prepared for the corresponding jury district under this Act.

4.    Summonses

(1) A summons to attend for jury service served under the repealed Act and returnable on a date after the commencement day is, on that day, taken to be a summons issued under this Act.

(2) Schedule 1 applies to persons summoned to attend for jury service, whether the summons was issued before or after the commencement day.

(3) Schedule 2 applies to persons summoned to attend for jury service, whether the summons was issued before or after the commencement day.

5.    Exemptions

An exemption in force under section 7B or 7C of the repealed Act immediately before the commencement day continues, on that day, to be in force as it would have continued under the repealed Act.