1 Disqualification for jury service of persons who have served or had imposed on them certain sentences.

1

The following paragraphs shall be substituted for the second paragraph of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M1Juries Act 1974 (persons disqualified for jury service)—

A person who at any time in the last ten years has, in the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

a

served any part of a sentence of imprisonment, youth custody or detention; or

b

been detained in a Borstal institution; or

c

had passed on him or (as the case may be) made in respect of him a suspended sentence of imprisonment or order for detention; or

d

had made in respect of him a community service order.

A person who at any time in the last five years has, in the United Kingdom or the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, been placed on probation.

2

This section shall not effect the qualification of any person to serve on a jury in pursuance of any summons to attend for jury service issued under the Juries Act 1974 before the commencement of this Act (whether by notice in accordance with section 2 of that Act or under section 6 of that Act).