Australian Capital Territory

Juries (Payment) Determination 2010

Disallowable instrument DI2010–270

made under the

Juries Act 1967, s 51 (Payment of jurors)

1	Name of instrument

This instrument is the Juries (Payment) Determination 2010.

2	Commencement 

This instrument commences on the commencement of part 3.1 of the 
Justice and Community Safety Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (No 3).

3	Determination of payment

In accordance with section 51 of the Juries Act 1967, the amount payable for a matter stated in an item in schedule 1, column 2 is the amount stated in the schedule, column 3 for that matter.

4	Explanatory Notes

Explanatory notes (including the previous year’s payment) are included in schedule 1 in italic text. General explanatory notes are included at the end of schedule 1 in italic text. Explanatory notes in italic text do not form part of the determination. (For example, the following twelve words, if included in schedule 1, would not form part of the determination: Explanatory Note: explanatory notes and general explanatory notes are in italic text).

Simon Corbell MLA
Attorney General
13 October 2010    

Schedule 1

	Scale of payments to jurors			
 	 	 		
column 1	column 2	column 3		
item	matter for which payment is made	payment ($)		
				
1	attendance on the court for 4 hours or less	46.20		
 	 
Explanatory Note: last year under the Juries Fees Regulation 1968 (repealed), the payment was $44.10.

2	attendance on the court for more than 4 hours-			
				
	(a) for each day from day 1 to day 4 (inclusive)	92.90		
				
	(b) for each day from day 5 to day 10 (inclusive)	107.90		
				
	(c) for each day after day 10	125.80		
 	
Explanatory Note: last year under the Juries Fees Regulation 1968 (repealed), the payments were:
(a)	$88.60 (this payment applied to attendance on the court for more than 4 hours for each day from day 1 to day 5 (inclusive);
(b)	102.90;
(c)	120.00.	 		
				
3	travel allowance for each day of attendance on the court
	15.70		
 	Explanatory Note: last year under the Juries Fees Regulation 1968 (repealed), the payment was $15.00.	 		

General Explanatory Note: Payments have been increased in accordance with the 2009-10 and 2010-11 ACT Budgets forecast CPI indices of 2.25 % for 2009-10 and 2.5% for 2010-11.