PART 5

CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Jury service

Persons excusable from jury service
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In the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.55), in Schedule 1 (ineligibility for and disqualification and excusal from jury service), Part 3, Group F, for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
where citation for jury service would result in a person’s serving as a juror in relation to criminal proceedings—
i
persons who have served as a juror in the period of 5 years ending with the date on which the person is cited first to attend;
ii
persons who have attended for jury service in relation to criminal proceedings, but have not served as a juror, in the period of 2 years ending with the date on which the person is cited first to attend; and
iii
persons who have attained the age of 71;
aa
where citation for jury service would result in a person’s serving as a juror in relation to civil proceedings, persons who have served, or duly attended for service, as a juror in the period of 5 years ending with the date on which the person is cited first to attend;
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