PART 5CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Jury service

I194Upper 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the words “, civil or criminal” are repealed.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.