PART 5 SCRIMINAL JUSTICE

Jury serviceS

94Upper age limit for jurorsS

(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(b)the words “, civil or criminal” are repealed.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..

Commencement Information

I1S. 94 in force at 10.1.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.