Subject to subsection (3) below, the verdict of a jury (that is to say a complete jury of 8) in proceedings in a county court need not be unanimous if 7 of them agree on the verdict.

The court shall not accept a verdict by virtue of subsection (1) or subsection (2) above unless it appears to the court that the jury have had such period of time for deliberation as the court thinks reasonable having regard to the nature and complexity of the case.

This section is without prejudice to any practice by which a court may accept a majority verdict with the consent of the parties, or by which the parties may agree to proceed in any case with an incomplete jury.