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Juries Act 1974
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3 Electoral register as basis of jury selection.E+W
(1)Every electoral registration officer under the [F1Representation of the People Act 1983] shall as soon as practicable after the publication of any register of electors for his area deliver to such officer as the Lord Chancellor may designate such number of copies of the register as the designated officer may require for the purpose of summoning jurors, and on each copy there shall be indicated those persons on the register whom the registration officer has ascertained to be, or to have been on a date also indicated on the copy [F2—
(a)aged under eighteen, or
(b)aged seventy six or over].
[F3(1A)If a register to be delivered under subsection (1) above includes any anonymous entries (within the meaning of that Act of 1983) the registration officer must, at the same time as he delivers the register, also deliver to the designated officer any record prepared in pursuance of provision made as mentioned in paragraph 8A of Schedule 2 to that Act which relates to such anonymous entries.]
(2)The reference in subsection (1) above to a register of electors does not include a ward list within the meaning of section 4(1) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act M11957.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
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F1Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 8 para. 17
F2Words in s. 3(1) substituted (9.9.2016) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 68(3), 95(1); S.I. 2016/896, art. 2(b)
F3S. 3(1A) inserted (1.1.2007) by Electoral Administration Act 2006 (c. 22), ss. 10(2), 77(2), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 12(a)
F4S. 3(3) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II
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C1S. 3(1): references to the register of parliamentary and local government electors in each place where occurring to be construed as mentioned in Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), ss 205, 206, Sch. 7 para. 10
C2S. 3(2): reference to the register of parliamentary and local government electors to be construed as mentioned in Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), ss. 205, 206, Sch. 7 para. 10
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