PART 5CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Jury service
94Upper age limit for jurors
(1)
Section 1 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.55) (qualification of jurors) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
in paragraph (b), at beginning insert “
subject to subsection (1A),
”
, and
(b)
the words “, civil or criminal” are repealed.
(3)
After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)
In relation to criminal proceedings, a person is qualified and liable to serve as a juror despite being over 65 years of age.”.