Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this section a person does jury service if he or she, having been required
under this Act to do so, attends at any place in order to serve, or does
serve, as a juror.
(2) A person who does
jury service is entitled to be paid by the State the allowances and expenses
prescribed by the regulations in respect of doing the jury service.
(3) If an
employer —
(a)
employs a person on a contract of service (the employee ); and
(b) for
any period when the employee does jury service, pays the employee the earnings
that the employee could reasonably expect to have been paid in that period
under the contract,
the employer is
entitled to be paid by the State the fees in accordance with the regulations
for the employee’s service, unless the employer is in a class of
employer prescribed by the regulations.
(4) If an employee
described in subsection (3) is not paid in accordance with that
subsection, the employee is entitled to be paid by the State the fees in
accordance with the regulations for the jury service, unless he or she is in a
class of person prescribed by the regulations.
(5) A person who does
jury service but who is not an employee described in subsection (3) is
entitled to be paid by the State the fees in accordance with the regulations
for the jury service, unless the person is in a class of person prescribed by
the regulations.
[(6) deleted]
(7) A claim to the
State for a payment under this section must be made and determined under the
regulations.
(8) Any amount paid
under this section by the State to or in respect of a juror for a trial in
criminal proceedings is to be charged to the Consolidated Account.
[Section 58B inserted by No. 5 of 2008
s. 67; amended by No. 13 of 2011 s. 43.]