The Jurors’ Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 2010

Financial loss allowance

5.—(1) Jurors will be entitled to make a claim for financial loss in respect of—

(a) loss of earnings or welfare benefits (under enactments relating to social security) or additional expense in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3), and

(b) where necessary additional expenditure has been incurred, any additional childminding or carer expenses in accordance with paragraph (4).

(2) The compensation for loss of earnings or welfare benefits which a juror would otherwise have received or additional expense (other than expense on account of travelling or subsistence) to which they would not otherwise have been subject and to which they are entitled under section 24 of the Act, shall be the amount of that loss or additional expense except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3) Where in obedience to a citation to serve on a jury, a person performs services as a juror, the amount payable under paragraph (1)(a) to a person shall be a rate payable which shall not exceed the rate to be determined in respect of the following periods:—

(a) where a juror has served for not more than four hours;

(b) where a juror has served for at least four hours but no more than five days;

(c) where a juror has served for at least six days but no more than one hundred days;

(d) where a juror has served for at least one hundred and one days.

(4) Where in obedience to a citation to serve on a jury, a person performs services as a juror, the amount payable under this regulation to a person shall be the additional expense the juror incurred in employing a childminder, other child carer, or carer for a dependent adult to which the juror would not otherwise have been subject, provided that the amount shall not exceed the fixed amount to be determined.