Juries (Disqualification) Act 1984 (Repealed)

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

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• (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— served any part of a sentence of imprisonment, youth custody or detention; or been detained in a Borstal institution; or 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 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 affect 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).

Short title, repeal, commencement and extent.

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

• (2) In Schedule 14 to the Criminal Justice Act 1982, paragraph 35(6)(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paragraph of Part II of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974), and the word "and" immediately preceding it, are hereby repealed.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.