EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Juries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 269) so as to facilitate administrative improvements in relation to jury notices and jury summonses, and to update the entries to Form 1 and Form 4 in respect of the categories of person disqualified and ineligible for jury service and excusable from jury service as of right.