Australian Capital Territory

Juries (Payment) Determination 2018

Disallowable instrument DI2018–184

made under the

Juries Act 1967, s 49 (Food and Refreshment for jury); s 51 (Payment of jurors)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This disallowable instrument determines payments made to jurors under the 
Juries Act 1967.  

Under section 49 of the Juries Act 1967 the sheriff may order that each juror be paid the amount determined by the Minister for a meal. This meal allowance is listed in Schedule 1 of the instrument.

Under section 51 of the Juries Act 1967, a person summoned or appointed to serve as a juror is entitled to be paid the amount determined by the Minister for the person’s attendance at the court in accordance with the summons or appointment, whether or not the person serves as a juror.

Schedule 1 of the instrument lists the amounts that a juror is to be paid under section 49.  These are new payments, legislated in the Courts and Other Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018, which have not been previously provided to jurors. The allowance is only payable if the Sheriff orders that each juror be paid the allowance rather than being given refreshments.

Schedule 2 of the instrument lists the amounts that a juror is to be paid under section 51. The payments which will apply from the date of commencement are listed in column 3.  The payments which applied previously under Juries (Payment) Determination 2017 - 115 are listed in italic in column 2.

The 2018-19 ACT Budget has forecast a CPI of 2.25% for 2018-19.  This index has been applied to the payments set in 2017-18 to calculate the payments for the 2018-19 period.

The payments in column 3 of Schedules 1 and 2 will commence from 1 July 2018.