Juries Act 1974

[F1 20H Application of certain provisions to British Sign Language interpreters E+W

(1) Section 12(1) and (2) (challenge for cause) apply to an interpreter appointed under section 9C(2) as those provisions apply to jurors.

(2) Section 15A (surrender of electronic communications devices) applies to an interpreter appointed under section 9C(2) as it applies to members of a jury.

(3) Section 20A (offence of research by jurors) applies to an interpreter appointed under section 9C(2) as it applies to members of a jury with the modification that the reference to “the trial period” in subsection (5), in relation to an interpreter, is the period—

(a) beginning when the interpreter is appointed under section 9C(2), and

(b) ending when the judge discharges the jury or, if earlier, when the judge discharges the interpreter.

(4) Section 20B (offence of sharing research with other jurors) applies to an interpreter appointed under section 9C(2) as it applies to members of a jury, but the references in section 20B to “section 20A” and “the trial period” are to be read as references to “section 20A” and “the trial period” as modified by subsection (3) of this section.

(5) In the following provisions of section 20F (exceptions to offence of disclosing jury deliberations), the references to the conduct of a juror include the conduct of an interpreter appointed under section 9C(2)—

(a) subsection (1)(b)(ii);

(b) subsection (4)(b);

(c) subsection (5).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 20H, 20I inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 196(3), 208(5)(x)