JURIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953

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JURIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1



1.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person who serves
as a juror shall be entitled, in respect of his attendance at court for the
purpose of performing jury service, to receive payments, at rates determined
by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service
and subject to any prescribed conditions, by way of allowance

(a)for travelling and subsistence; and

(b)for financial loss, where in consequence of his attendance for that purpose
he has incurred any expenditure (otherwise than on travelling and subsistence)
to which he would not otherwise be subject or he has suffered any loss of
earnings, or of benefit under the enactments relating to national insurance
and social security, which he would otherwise have made or received.

(2) Subsection (1) shall apply to service on a coroner's jury.

(3) The determination of the amounts payable to persons under subsection (1)
and the manner of making those payments shall be in accordance with
arrangements made by the Lord Chancellor and all such payments shall be made
out of moneys provided by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

(4) In subsection (1) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the
Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service; and
for the purposes of that subsection a person who, in obedience to a summons to
serve on a jury, attends for service as a juror shall be deemed to serve as a
juror notwithstanding that he is not subsequently sworn.

(5) No person shall be entitled under any Act other than this Act or under any
rule of law, custom or agreement to payment for his service as a juror.

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JURIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1953 - SECT 1