South Australian Consolidated Regulations

JURIES (REMUNERATION FOR JURY SERVICE) REGULATIONS 2002 - REG 5

5—Remuneration of jurors (section 70 of Act)

        (1)         Subject to this regulation, a juror who attends court in compliance with a summons to render jury service is, under section 70(1) of the Act, entitled to be remunerated in accordance with the scale set out in the Schedule.

        (2)         The Minister may, on the advice of the court, by notice in the Gazette, declare a criminal trial to be a "long trial" for the purposes of these regulations.

        (3)         The Minister may make a declaration under subregulation (2) before or after the jury is empanelled for the trial.

        (4)         A juror who is empanelled for a long trial is entitled to be paid the applicable daily rate in respect of each sitting day of the trial (whether or not the juror is required to attend the court each sitting day) from the day on which the jury is empanelled until—

            (a)         if the juror is excused from further attendance during the trial—the juror is excused; or

            (b)         if the juror dies during the trial—the juror's death; or

            (c)         in any other case—the jury is dismissed.

        (5)         The maximum daily rate—

            (a)         prescribed by clause 1(b) of the Schedule for each day's attendance at court by a juror (other than a juror empanelled for a long trial) in compliance with the summons will, at the commencement of each financial year (other than the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007), be adjusted by multiplying that amount by the indexation factor applicable to the financial year on which the day falls; and

            (b)         prescribed by clause 2(b)(ii) of the Schedule for each sitting day of a long trial for a juror empanelled for the long trial will, at the commencement of each financial year (other than the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007), be adjusted by multiplying that amount by the indexation factor applicable to the financial year on which the sitting day falls.

        (6)         The sum of the daily rate and any amount for monetary loss suffered or necessarily incurred expenditure (other than travelling expenses) to be paid on any day to a juror must not—

            (a)         in the case of a long trial—exceed the maximum daily rate prescribed by clause 2(b)(ii) of the Schedule (as adjusted from time to time under subregulation (5)(b)); and

            (b)         in any other case—exceed the maximum daily rate prescribed by clause 1(b) of the Schedule (as adjusted from time to time under subregulation (5)(a)).

        (7)         Travelling expenses (if any) to be paid for each day's attendance at court by a juror in compliance with the summons—

            (a)         are in addition to any other amount payable to the juror; and

            (b)         will, at the commencement of each financial year (other than the financial year commencing on 1 July 2007), be adjusted by multiplying the amount prescribed by clause 3 of the Schedule by the indexation factor applicable to the financial year on which the day falls.