Juries Act 1974

Section 22(1).

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of Coroners Act 1887

In the [1887 c. 71.] Coroners Act 1887—

(a) after section 19(3) there shall be inserted the following new subsection—

“(3A) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, no juror shall be liable to any penalty for non-attendance on a coroner's jury unless the summons requiring him to attend was duly served on him no later than six days before the day on which he was required to attend.”;

(b) after section 25 there shall be inserted the following new section—

“25A (1) Subject to section 29(7A) below, a person who serves as a juror in a coroner's court shall be entitled, in respect of his attendance at court for the purpose of performing jury service, to receive payments, at the prescribed rates and subject to any prescribed conditions, by way of allowance—

(a) for travelling and subsistence ; and

(b) for financial loss where in consequence of his attendance for that purpose he has incurred any expenditure (otherwise than on travelling and subsistence) to which he would not otherwise be subject or he has suffered any loss of earnings, or of benefit under the enactments relating to national insurance and social security, which he would otherwise have made or received.

(2) The amount due to any person in respect of such service shall be ascertained and paid over to him by the coroner.

(3) In subsection (1) above the expression " prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service ; and for the purposes of that subsection a person who, in obedience to a summons to serve on a jury, attends for service as a juror shall be deemed to serve as a juror notwithstanding that he is not subsequently sworn.

(4) Until the coming into force of paragraph 13 of Schedule 27 to the [1973 c. 38.] Social Security Act 1973, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the words " and social security " were omitted.”;

(c) in section 26, after the words " medical witness" there shall be inserted the words " the allowances of every juror ";

(d) in section 29, after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following new subsection—

“(7A) Section 25A of this Act shall not apply in relation to service on a jury under this section but that shall not affect any entitlement to payment that may otherwise be enjoyed by a juror for service on such a jury.”.