Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 Ineligibility for and Disqualification and Excusal from Jury Service

PART I Persons Ineligible

GROUP A The Judiciary

(a)

Lords of Appeal;

(b)

Senators of the College of Justice ;

(c)

sheriffs ;

(d)

Justices of the Peace ;

(e)

stipendiary magistrates ;

(f)

the chairman or president, the vice-chairman or vice-president and the registrar or assistant registrar of any tribunal; and

(g)

persons who, at any time within the 10 years immediately preceding the date at which their eligibility, in terms of section 1 of this Act, for jury service is being considered, have come within any description listed above in this Group.

GROUP B Others concerned with the administration of justice

(a)

Advocates and solicitors, whether or not in actual practice as such;

(b)

advocates' clerks;

(c)

apprentices of, and legal trainees employed by, solicitors ;

(d)

officers and staff of any court if their work is wholly or mainly concerned with the day-to-day administration of the court;

(e)

persons employed as shorthand writers in any court;

(f)

Clerks of the Peace and their deputies ;

(g)

Inspectors of Constabulary appointed by Her Majesty ;

(h)

assistant inspectors of constabulary appointed by the Secretary of State;

(i)

constables of any police force (including constables engaged on central service within the meaning of section 38 of the [1967 c. 77.] Police (Scotland) Act 1967);

(j)

constables of any constabulary maintained under statute;

(k)

persons employed in any capacity by virtue of which they have the powers and privileges of police constables ;

(l)

special constables;

(m)

police cadets ;

(n)

persons employed under section 9 of the said Act of 1967 for the assistance of the constables of a police force ;

(o)

officers of, and members of visiting committees for, prisons, remand centres, detention centres, borstal institutions and young offenders institutions ;

(p)

procurators fiscal within the meaning of section 462(1) of the [1975 c. 71.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, and persons employed as clerks and assistants to such procurators fiscal;

(q)

messengers at arms and sheriff officers ;

(r)

members of children's panels ;

(s)

reporters appointed under section 36 of the [1968 c. 49.] Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 and their staffs ;

(t)

directors of social work appointed under section 3 of the said Act of 1968 and persons employed to assist such directors in the performance of such of their functions as relate to probation schemes within the meaning of section 27 of that Act;

(u)

members of the Parole Board for Scotland ;

(v)

members of local review committees established by virtue of section 59(6) of the [1967 c. 58.] Criminal Justice Act 1967 ; and

(w)

persons who, at any time within the 5 years immediately preceding the date at which their eligibility, in terms of section 1 of this Act, for jury service is being considered, have come within any description listed above in this Group.

GROUP C The mentally disordered

(Expressions used in this Group are to be construed in accordance with the [1960 c. 61.] Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960.)

(a)

Persons who are receiving medical treatment for mental disorder and either—

(i)

are, for the purposes of that treatment, resident in a hospital; or

(ii)

attend on more than one day of each week to receive that treatment;

(b)

persons incapable by reason of mental disorder of adequately managing and administering their property and affairs and for whom a curator bonis has accordingly been appointed ; and

(c)

persons for the time being in guardianship under section 25 of the said Act of 1960.

PART II Persons Disqualified

(a)

Persons who have at any time been sentenced in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

(i)

to imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more; or

(ii)

to be detained during Her Majesty's pleasure, during the pleasure of the Secretary of State or during the pleasure of the Governor of Northern Ireland;

(b)

persons who have at any time in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

(i)

served any part of a sentence of imprisonment or detention, being a sentence for a term of 3 months or more; or

(ii)

been detained in a borstal institution,

and who are not rehabilitated persons for the purposes of the [1974 c. 53.] Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

PART III Persons Excusable as of Right

GROUP A Parliament

(a)

Peers and peeresses entitled to receive writs of summons to attend the House of Lords ;

(b)

members of the House of Commons ;

(c)

officers of the House of Lords ; and

(d)

officers of the House of Commons.

GROUP B European Assembly

Representatives to the Assembly of the European Communities.

GROUP C The Forces

Full-time serving members of—

(a)

any of Her Majesty's naval, military or air forces ;

(b)

the Women's Royal Naval Service ;

(c)

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service ; or

(d)

any Voluntary Aid Detachment serving with the Royal Navy.

GROUP D Medical and similar professions

The following, if actually practising their profession and registered (whether fully or otherwise), enrolled or certified under the enactments relating to that profession—

(a)

medical practitioners;

(b)

dentists;

(c)

nurses;

(d)

midwives;

(e)

pharmaceutical chemists ; and

(f)

veterinary surgeons and veterinary practitioners.

GROUP E Ministers of religion etc.

(a)

persons in holy orders ;

(b)

regular ministers of any religious denomination ; and

(c)

vowed members of any religious order living in a monastery, convent or other religious community.

GROUP F Others

(a)

Persons whose obedience to the citation for jury service would result in their serving, or duly attending for service, more than once in any period of five years ; and

(b)

persons excused by the direction of any court from jury service during a period which has not terminated.