Juries (Disqualification) Act 1984 (Repealed)

• Citation: 1984 c. 34
• Sections: 2

Section 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 Juries 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).

Section 2 Short title, repeal, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Juries (Disqualification) Act 1984.

(2) In Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982, paragraph 35(b)(ii) (which amends the second paragraph of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974), and the word “and” immediately preceding it, are hereby repealed.

(3) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(4) This Act extends to England and Wales only.