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JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 75A
Information to be supplied to sheriff
75A Information to be supplied to sheriff
(1) For the purpose of allowing the functions of the sheriff to be carried out
in pursuance of this Act in a timely and efficient manner, the registrars of
the Supreme Court, District Court and Coroners Court are to provide the
sheriff with such information about court sittings and trials as the sheriff
may reasonably request.
(2) For that purpose, the sheriff may also obtain
relevant information from any judge or coroner having the conduct of any trial
or inquest for which a jury has been or is to be summoned and from the parties
concerned in any such proceedings.
(2A) For the purpose of determining
whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury service should be excluded
from jury service, the sheriff may request the Commissioner of Police to
provide information relating to the criminal record of the person.
(2B) For
the purposes of determining whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury
service should be excluded from jury service, the sheriff may obtain the
following information from Transport for NSW-- (a) the person's driver licence
number,
(b) the person's residential address,
(c) if the person is
disqualified from holding a driver licence and the disqualification period is
12 months or more--the date on which the person's disqualification ends,
(d)
the customer identification number (if any) allocated to the person by
Transport for NSW.
(2C) The sheriff and Transport for NSW may enter into an
arrangement in relation to the manner and form in which information requested
under this section is to be provided.
(2D) The Commissioner of Police or
Transport for NSW is required and permitted to comply with a request made by
the sheriff under this section.
(3) Regulations may be made for or with
respect to the provision of information to the sheriff by persons referred to
in this section.
(4) The sheriff may disclose information obtained under this
section to the Commissioner of Police in connection with a request by the
sheriff for information from the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of
determining whether a person proposed to be summoned for jury service should
be excluded from jury service.
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