Detailed Jury exemption list

If you believe you are exempt, or eligible to apply to be exempt, please identify the reason in the following table. Once confirmed, select the corresponding reason on the jury summons questionnaire drop-down list.

Persons exempt from jury service

 

Exempt People

Exemption Period

1.

A person exempt from serving as a juror under –

  • the Jury   Exemption Act 1965 (Cwlth), section 4 or regulations under that section;   or
  • the Navigation   Act 2012 (Cwlth), section 89

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2.

A magistrate or coroner

2 years after the appointment as magistrate or coroner ends

3.

An employee of the government of a foreign country or of an international organisation

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4.

The official secretary to the Governor-General

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5.

An Australian legal practitioner under the Legal Profession Act 2006, or an employee of an Australian legal practitioner

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6.

A practising doctor

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7.

A police officer

5 years after the employment of a police officer ends

8.

A person engaged in full-time or part-time duties as a member of an emergency service (not including on a causal or volunteer basis)

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9.

A person living in the Jervis Bay territory

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10.

A judge or associate judge of the Supreme Court

2 years after the appointment as judge or associate judge ends

11.

A member of the Legislative Assembly or a member of staff of a member of the Legislative Assembly who is an adviser or private secretary

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12.

A director - general

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13.

A public servant in the staff of the following:

(a)  the Supreme Court

(b)  the Magistrates Court

2 years after the employment ends

14.

A public servant providing legal professional services in the staff of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate

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15.

A public servant providing legal professional services in the staff of of the following:

(a)       the Legal Aid Commission (A.C.T.)

(b)       the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

2 years after the employment ends

16.

A person holding any of the following positions in the Legislative Assembly:

(a)  clerk

(b)  deputy clerk

(c)  clerk assistant;

(d)  sergeant-at-arms

(e)  editor of debates

(f)  secretary to a committee of the Assembly

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17.

An employee at any of the following places:

(a)  a place declared to be a detention place under the

(b)  Children and Young People Act 2008, section 142;

(c)  a place approved as a place of care under the Children and Young People Act 2008, section 525;

(d)  a place declared to be a therapeutic protection place under the Children and Young People Act 2008, section 625

2 years after the employment ends

18.

The emergency services commissioner and a chief officer, or deputy chief officer, of an emergency service

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19.

An employee of ACT Corrective Services

2 years after the employment ends

20.

A person appointed as any of the following:

(a)     a royal commission under the Royal Commissions Act 1991, section 5

(b)     a board of inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991, section 5

(c)     a member of a judicial council under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994, section 5A

(d)    a member of a judicial commission under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994, section 6

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21.

A public servant during the period the public servant is made available to a royal commission, board or enquiry or judicial commission

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22.

A commissioner under the Human Rights Commission Act 2005 or the public trustee and guardian under the Public Trustee and Guardian Act 1985

2 years after the appointment ends

23.

A person for whom a guardian has been appointed under the Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991

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Persons who may apply to be exempted from jury service

  

1.

A minister of religion

2.

A practising member of a religious society or order the beliefs or principles of which are incompatible with jury service

3.

A professor, lecturer, school principal or teacher engaged in full-time or part-time teaching of organised classes (not including on a casual or voluntary basis) at a university, college or school

4.

An editor of a newspaper

5.

A practising nurse, practising enrolled nurse or practising nurse practitioner

6.

A household officer or member of staff of the Governor-General

7.

A person who is 70 years old or older

8.

A person with disability within the meaning of Disability Services Act 1991, including a person who is totally or partially blind, or totally or partially deaf

9.

A person who is subject to a mental health order under the Mental Health Act 2015

10.

A person who is unable to read or speak the English language

11.

A person who lives with, and is caring full-time for, a person who is sick or infirm or who is a person with disability within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 1991