Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person shall be qualified to serve as a juror in the Crown Court, the High Court and county courts and be liable accordingly to attend for jury service when summoned under this Act, if—
(a)he is for the time being registered as a parliamentary or local government elector and is not less than eighteen nor more than [F1seventy] years of age; and
(b)he has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for any period of at least five years since attaining the age of thirteen,
but not if he is for the time being ineligible or disqualified for jury service; and the persons who are ineligible, and those who are disqualified, are those respectively listed in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 to this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Word substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 119(1), 123(6), Sch. 8 para. 16
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 1: reference to a parliamentary or local government elector to be construed as mentioned in Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), ss. 205, 206, Sch. 7 para. 10