The Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

1. Introductory Text

2. Introductory

   1. 1. Title and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. Qualification for jury service

   1. 3. Qualification for jury service

4. Preparation of Jurors Lists

   1. 4. Preparation of Jurors Lists

5. Empanelling of jurors

   1. 5. Selection of names

   2. 6. Form of panel

   3. 7. Inspection of panel

6. Summoning of jurors

   1. 8. Summoning of jurors

   2. 9. Procedure for ascertaining attendance of jurors

   3. 10. Excusing of jurors

   4. 11. Discharge of jury summons

7. Balloting of jurors

   1. 12. Balloting of jurors

8. Challenges

   1. 13. Challenge to the panel

   2. 14. Challenges in civil cases

   3. 15. Challenges in criminal cases

   4. 16. Challenge for name not being on Jurors List

   5. 17. Restrictions on right of challenge

9. Additional powers of the court

   1. 18. Selection of additional jurors

   2. 19. Views

   3. 20. Separation and detention of jurors

   4. 21. Continuance of criminal trial on death or discharge of juror

   5. 22. Discharge in civil proceedings

   6. 23. Refreshment of jurors

   7. 24. Excusing of jurors from jury service at end of exceptionally exacting trial

10. Offences

    1. 25. Failure to fill up and return form of return

    2. 26. Defaulting jurors

    3. 26A. Restriction on disclosure of juror information or anonymous elector information

    4. 26B. Disclosure of juror information or anonymous elector information: lawful authority

    5. 26C. Interpretation of Articles 26A and 26B

11. Miscellaneous and supplementary

    1. 27. Juror's oath

    2. 28. Payments to be made in respect of jury service

    3. 29. Certain formal defects not to invalidate verdict or finding

    4. 30. Regulations

    5. 31. Coroners' juries

    6. 32. Amendments, repeals and saving

12. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       PERSONS DISQUALIFIED FOR JURY SERVICE

       1. 1. Any person who has at any time been convicted by a court in the United...

       2. 1A. Any person who has at any time been convicted of an offence and had imposed...

       3. 2. Any person who at any time in the last ten years has in the United...

       4. 3. Any person who at any time in the last five years has, in the United...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR JURY SERVICE

       1. Persons concerned with the administration of justice

       2. The Forces

       3. Other persons

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       PERSONS EXCUSABLE FROM JURY SERVICE AS OF RIGHT

       1. Parliament Peers and peeresses entitled to receive writs of summons...

          1. Parliament

          2. Northern Ireland Assembly

          3. Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive

          4. European Parliament

          5. Public officials

          6. Clergy, etc.

          7. Professions

          8. Persons aged over 70 years

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       CORONERS JURIES

       1. PART I MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDER

          1. 1. Any reference to a court includes a reference to a coroner or, as the context...

          2. 2. Any reference to a judge (with or without qualifying words) includes a reference to a...

          3. 3. Any reference to a jury includes a reference to a coroner's jury.

          4. 4. In Article 5(4) and (5) “the Divisional Jurors List” includes a part of that list.

          5. 5. Articles 10(7) and 11(3) shall apply to rules under section 36(1) of the Coroners Act...

          6. 6. In Article 24 “trial” includes inquest.

       2. PART II AMENDMENTS OF CORONERS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1959

          1. 1. In section 18 (summoning of jurors)— (a) in subsection (1), for the words from “district...

          2. 2. In Section 31(2) (summoning of another jury where jury unable to agree), for the words...

          3. 3. In section 32(1) (power to arrange for removal of body to district of another coroner),...

    5. Schedule 5—Repeals