The Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Article 10(2).

SCHEDULE 3 N.I. PERSONS EXCUSABLE FROM JURY SERVICE AS OF RIGHT

Parliament N.I.

• Peers and peeresses entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords.

• Members of the House of Commons.

Northern Ireland Assembly N.I.

• Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

• Officers and servants of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

[F1 Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive N.I.

F1 Words in Sch. 3 inserted (6.5.1999) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1042), arts. 1(2)(a), 3, Sch. 1 para. 23(a)

• Members of the Scottish Parliament.

• Members of the Scottish Executive.

• Junior Scottish Ministers.]

European Parliament N.I.

• [F2 Members of the European Parliament].

F2 Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.7.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 81(2), 106(2); S.R. 2016/247, art. 2(e)

Public officials N.I.

• [F3 The Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman.]

• Persons in the Northern Ireland Civil Service receiving a salary on a scale the maximum of which is not lower than the maximum of the Grade 5 scale.

• The Chief Electoral Officer and persons appointed to assist him.

• The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland.

• [F4 The Auditor General for Scotland]

• [F5 The Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland and any Assistant Auditor General for Northern Ireland].

• Officers employed in any capacity by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, or Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

• Officers in charge of a head office in Northern Ireland of a department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

• Inspectors of schools.

• Inspectors appointed under section 123 of the [1969 c. 6 (N.I.)] Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.

F3 Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.4.2016) by Public Services Ombudsman Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 4), s. 64, Sch. 8 para. 4 (with s. 23, 50(3))

F4 Words in Sch. 3 inserted (6.5.1999) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1042), arts. 1(2)(a), 3, Sch. 1 para. 23(b)

F5 Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.7.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 81(3), 106(2); S.R. 2016/247, art. 2(e)

Clergy, etc. N.I.

• A person in Holy Orders and a regular minister of any religious denomination.

• Vowed members of any religious order living in a monastery, convent or other religious community.

• Practising members of a religious society or order the tenets or beliefs of which are incompatible with jury service.

Professions N.I.

• Professors and members of the teaching staff of a university or institution of further education and full-time teachers in any school.

• Masters of vessels, duly licensed pilots and lighthouse keepers.

• The following persons, if actually practising their profession and registered (including provisionally or temporarily registered), enrolled or certified under the statutory provisions relating to that profession—

  • medical practitioners;

  • dentists;

  • nurses;

  • midwives;

  • veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners;

  • pharmaceutical chemists.

[F6 Persons aged over 70 years] N.I.

F6 Words in Sch. 3 substituted (1.7.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), ss. 81(4), 106(2); S.R. 2016/247, art. 2(e)

• [F6 Persons aged over 70 years].