Article 3(3).
SCHEDULE 2N.I.PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR JURY SERVICE
Persons concerned with the administration of justiceN.I.
Persons holding or who have at any time held any paid, judicial, or other office belonging to any court of justice in Northern Ireland.
[F1Lay magistrate.]
Justices of the peace.
F2. . .
The Chairman or President, the Vice-Chairman or Vice-President and the registrar and assistant registrar of any Tribunal.
Barristers at law and solicitors whether or not in actual practice as such.
Solicitors' clerks.
Students of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland or of the Law Society of Northern Ireland.
[F3The Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland and the members of staff of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.]
[F4The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland and the members of his staff.]
F4Sch. 2: entry substituted (3.4.2006) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), ss. 85(1), 87(1), Sch. 12 para. 53(3); S.R. 2006/124, art. 2, Sch. paras. 8, 10(b)
Officers of the Northern Ireland Office or of the Lord Chancellor's Department.
Valid from 12/04/2010
[F5Officers of the Department of Justice]
F5Sch. 2: entry inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 152(5) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
Members of the Northern Ireland Court Service.
[F6Court security officers.]
Governors, chaplains and other officers of, and members of[F7 independent monitoring boards] for, the following establishments—
(a)a prison within the meaning of the [1953 c. 18 (N.I.)] Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953;
[F8(b)a juvenile justice centre or attendance centre within the meaning of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; or]
(c)a remand centre or young offenders centre within the meaning of the [1968 c. 29 (N.I.)] Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.
The warden or a member of the staff of a bail hostel as defined in Article 2(2) of the [1982 NI 10] Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982.
Members of the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
Probation officers and persons appointed to assist them.
A person appointed for the purposes of Article 7(6) of the [1976 NI 4] Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.
[F9Police officers and any other person employed in any capacity by virtue of which he has the powers and privileges of a constable.]
[F10Members and staff of the Policing Board.]
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F11Sch. 2: entry repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174(2), 178(8), Sch. 4 para. 88, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 12, 13(aa) (with art. 4(2)-(7))
[F12The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and persons employed by him.].
Persons in charge of, or employed in, a forensic science laboratory.
Prisoner custody officers within the meaning of section 122(1) of the [1994 c. 33] Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
Members and employees of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Persons who at any time within the past ten years have been persons falling within any of the foregoing descriptions (except the first) of persons concerned with the administration of justice.
The ForcesN.I.
Persons serving on full pay as members of any of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised in the United Kingdom.
Members of the Royal Irish Regiment.
Other personsN.I.
Persons suffering from mental disorder within the meaning of the [1986 NI 4] Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
Persons unable to understand the English language.