Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010

93 Lists of jurors

(1) The 1995 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 84 (juries: returns of jurors and preparation of lists)—

(a) in subsection (3), for “list” substitute “lists”,

(b) for subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) For the purpose of a trial in the sheriff court, the sheriff principal must furnish the clerk of court with a list of names, containing the number of persons required, from lists of potential jurors of—

(a) the sheriff court district in which the trial is to be held (the “local district”), and

(b) if the sheriff principal considers it appropriate, any other sheriff court district or districts in the sheriffdom in which the trial is to be held (“other districts”).

(4A) Where the sheriff principal furnishes a list containing names of potential jurors of other districts, the sheriff principal may determine the proportion as between the local district and the other districts in which jurors are to be summoned.”,

(c) in subsection (5), for “list”, in both places where it occurs, substitute “lists”, and

(d) subsection (7) is repealed.

(3) In section 85(4) (juries: citation and attendance of jurors)—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “shall”, in the first place where it occurs, substitute “The sheriff clerk of—

(a) the sheriffdom in which the High Court is to sit, or

(b) the sheriff court district in which a trial in the sheriff court is to be held,

shall”, and

(b) the word “such”, in the first place where it occurs, is repealed.