Queensland Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 46

46 Amendment of s 18 (Notice to prospective jurors)

(1) Section 18—
insert—

(1A) Without limiting the ways the notice to prospective jurors may be given, the notice may be given by email or other electronic means.

(2) Section 18(2)—
omit, insert—

(2) The notice to prospective jurors must—

(a) include or be accompanied by, or give instructions for accessing, the following documents—

(i) a questionnaire (a
"prospective juror questionnaire" ) to find out whether the person is qualified to serve as a juror and, if the person claims not to be qualified to serve as a juror, the ground of the claim;

(ii) a form (an
"application form" ) to enable the person to apply to be excused from jury service; and

(b) state the ways the completed documents may be returned to the sheriff.

(3) Section 18(6), penalty, ‘subsection (6)’—
omit, insert—
subsection (7)

(4) Section 18(1A) to (6)—
renumber as section 18(2) to (7).