Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 S Ineligibility for and Disqualification and Excusal from Jury Service

Part I S Persons Ineligible

Group A S

The Judiciary S

(a)

Lords of Appeal;

(b)

Senators of the College of Justice;

(c)

sheriffs;

(d)

Justices of the Peace;

(e)

stipendiary magistrates;

(f)

the chairman or president, the vice-chairman or vice-president and the registrar or assistant registrar of any tribunal; and

(g)

persons who, at any time within the 10 years immediately preceding the date at which their eligibility, in terms of section 1 of this Act, for jury service is being considered, have come within any description listed above in this Group.

Group B S

Others concerned with the administration of justice S

(a) Advocates and solicitors, whether or not in actual practice as such;

(b) advocates’ clerks;

(c) apprentices of, and legal trainees employed by, solicitors;

(d) officers and staff of any court if their work is wholly or mainly concerned with the day-to-day administration of the court;

(e) persons employed as shorthand writers in any court;

(f) Clerks of the Peace and their deputies;

(g) Inspectors of Constabulary appointed by Her Majesty;

(h) assistant inspectors of constabulary appointed by the Secretary of State;

(i) constables of any police force (including constables engaged on central service within the meaning of section 38 of the Police (Scotland) Act M1 1967);

(j) constables of any constabulary maintained under statute;

(k) persons employed in any capacity by virtue of which they have the powers and privileges of police constables;

(l) special constables;

(m) police cadets;

(n) persons employed under section 9 of the said Act of 1967 for the assistance of the constables of a police force;

[F1 (na) members of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

(nb) members of the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and persons employed by that Authority under section 13 of the Police Act 1997;]

[F2 (nc) members of staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency;]

(o) officers of, and members of visiting committees for, prisons, remand centres, detention centres, borstal institutions and young offenders institutions;

[F3 (oo) prisoner custody officers within the meaning of section 114(1) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;]

(p) procurators fiscal within the meaning of [F4 section 307(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995], and persons employed as clerks and assistants to such procurators fiscal;

(q) messengers at arms and sheriff officers;

(r) members of children’s panels;

(s) reporters appointed under section 36 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act M2 1968 and their staffs;

(t) directors of social work appointed under section 3 of the said Act of 1968 and persons employed to assist such directors in the performance of such of their functions as relate to probation schemes within the meaning of section 27 of that Act;

(u) members of the Parole Board for Scotland;

F5 (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(w) persons who, at any time within the 5 years immediately preceding the date at which the eligibility, in terms of section 1 of this Act, for jury service is being considered, have come within any description listed above in this Group.

[F6 (wa) members and employees of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission;]

[F7 (wb) chief officers of community justice authorities established under section 3 of theManagement of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 Pt. I Group B paras. (na)(nb) inserted (23.7.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise 1.4.1998) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 41; S.I. 1997/1377, art. 4(2)(p); S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(ay)(bb)

F2 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group B para.(nc) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 40; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10

F3 Sch. 1 Pt.I Group B para. (oo) inserted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para. 45; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1) Appendix B

F4 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. I Group B para. (p) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40 ss.5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 45(a)

F5 Sch. 1 Pt. I Group B para. (v) repealed (1.10.1993) by 1993 c. 9, s. 47(3), Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 1993/2050, art. 3(4).

F6 Sch. 1 Pt. I Group B para. (wa) inserted (1.1.1998) by 1997 c. 48, s. 62(1), Sch. 1 para. 7; S.I. 1997/3004, art. 2, Sch.

F7 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group B para. (wb) inserted (30.6.2006) by The Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/389), art. 5

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 77.

M2 1968 c. 49.

Group C S

The mentally disordered S

(Expressions used in this Group are to be construed in accordance with the [F8 Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003].)

(a) Persons who are receiving medical treatment for mental disorder and either—

(i) are, for the purposes of that treatment, [F9 detained in hospital under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13) or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)]; or

(ii) F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F11 (b) persons for the time being subject to guardianship under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 4).]

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group C substituted (27.9.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(a)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group C para. (a)(i) substituted (27.9.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 10(2)(b)

F10 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Group C para. (a)(ii) repealed (27.9.2005) by The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Enactments) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/465), arts. 1, 3, Sch. 2

F11 Sch. 1 Pt. I Group C para. (b) substituted (1.4.2002) for paras. (b)(c) by 2000 asp 4, s. 88(2), Sch. 5 para. 16; S.I. 2001/81, art. 3, Sch. 2

Part II S Persons Disqualified

(a)

Persons who have at any time been sentenced in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

(i)

to imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more; or

(ii)

to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure, during the pleasure of the Secretary of State or during the pleasure of the Governor of Northern Ireland;

(b)

persons who have at any time in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

(i)

served any part of a sentence of imprisonment [F12 detention or youth custody], being a sentence for a term of 3 months or more; or

(ii)

been detained in a borstal institution,

and who are not rehabilitated persons for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act M3 1974.

(bb)

[F13 persons who have been convicted of an offence if, in respect of the conviction, one or more of the following orders was made—

(i)

a probation order under section 228(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (section 247 of that Act being disregarded for the purposes of this head);

(ii)

a drug treatment and testing order under section 234B(2) of that Act;

(iii)

a community service order under section 238(1) of that Act;

(iv)

a restriction of liberty order under section 245A(1) of that Act;

(v)

[F14 a community order within the meaning of section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

(va)

a youth community order as defined by section 33 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;]

(vi)

a community order as defined by article 2(2) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (SI 1996/3160 (N.I.24));

(vii)

a drug treatment and testing order under article 8(2) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (SI 1998/2839 (N.I.20)),

except where they are rehabilitated persons for the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53);]

(c)

[F15 in respect of jury service in any criminal proceedings, persons who are on bail in or in connection with criminal proceedings in any part of the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F12 Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 124, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 9 para. 4

F13 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. (bb) inserted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), ss. 78(1), 89(2) (with s. 78(2)(3)): S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch.

F14 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. (bb)(v)(va) substituted for para. (bb)(v) (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 304, 336(3), Sch. 32 para. 31; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(15) (with Sch. 2 (as explained by S.I. 2005/2122 and amended by S.I. 2007/391, 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2 , S.I. 2009/616, and S.I. 2009/3111))

F15 Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. (c) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 32(4)(b)

Marginal Citations

M3 1974 c. 53.

Part III S Persons Excusable as of Right

Group A S

Parliament S

(a) Peers and peeresses entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords;

(b) members of the House of Commons;

(c) officers of the House of Lords; and

(d) officers of the House of Commons.

[F16 Group AB S

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group AB inserted (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 85(2) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3

F17 Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive S

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group AB inserted (6.5.1999) by 1998 c. 46, s. 85(2) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 3

(a) members of the Scottish Parliament;

(b) members of the Scottish Executive; and

(c) junior Scottish Ministers.]

Group B S

[F18 European Parliament] S

Textual Amendments

F18 Reference substituted retrospectively by virtue of European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986 (c. 58, SIF 29:5), s. 3(1)(a)(3)

Representatives to the [F18 European Parliament].

[F19 Group BA S

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group BA inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 125, 152, Sch. 12 para. 20 (with s. 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

F20 National Assembly for Wales S

Textual Amendments

F20 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group BA inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 125, 152 Sch. 12 para. 20 (with s. 143(2)); S.I. 1999/782, art. 2

Members of the National Assembly for Wales.]

[F21 Group BB S Public Officials

Textual Amendments

F21 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group BB inserted (6.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/1042, art. 3 Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 9

F22 The Auditor General for Scotland.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group BB inserted (6.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/1042, art. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 9

Group C S

The Forces S

Full-time serving members of—

(a) any of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces;

(b) the Women’s Royal Naval Service;

(c) Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service; or

(d) any Voluntary Aid Detachment serving with the Royal Navy.

Group D S

Medical and similar professions S

The following, if actually practising their profession and registered (whether fully or otherwise), enrolled or certified under the enactments relating to that profession—

(a) medical practitioners;

(b) dentists;

(c) nurses;

(d) midwives;

(e) pharmaceutical chemists; and

(f) veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners.

[F23 Group DD] S

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group DD inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2) Sch. 4 para. 32(4)(c)

[F24 Members of certain religious bodies S

Textual Amendments

F24 Sch. 1 Pt. III Group DD inserted (1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 32(4)(c)

In respect of jury service in any criminal proceedings, practising members of religious societies or orders the tenets or beliefs of which are incompatible with jury service.]

Group E S

Ministers of religion etc. S

(a) persons in holy orders;

(b) regular ministers of any religious denomination; and

(c) vowed members of any religious order living in a monastery, convent or other religious community.

Group F S

Others S

(a)

Persons whose obedience to the citation for jury service would result in their serving, or duly attending for service, more than once in any period of five years; and

(b)

persons excused by the direction of any court from jury service during a period which has not terminated.