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Juries Act 1949

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 24 Cited in Amendments 79 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1949 c. 27
Year1949
for travelling and subsistence; andfor financial loss, where in consequence of his attendance for that purpose he has incurred any expenditure (other than on travelling and subsistence) to which he would not otherwise be subject or he has suffered any loss of earnings, or of benefit under the enactments relating to social security, which he would otherwise have made or received.(2) For the purposes of this section, a person who, in obedience to a citation to serve on a jury, attends for service as a juror, shall be deemed to serve as a juror notwithstanding that he is not subsequently impanelled.(3) A payment to which a person is entitled under this section is in this Part of this Act referred to as “a payment in respect of jury service”.in the case of service at a sitting of the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh or in the Court of Session, by F4the Secretary of State or such other officer as may be prescribed;in the case of service at a sitting of the High Court of Justiciary F5other than at Edinburgh, or of the sheriff court, whether for a civil or a criminal trial, by the sheriff clerk of the F6sheriffdom in which such sitting is held;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the case of service on a jury summoned under the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, by the sheriff clerk of the court to which the petition to summon the jury is presented.(2) The sums required for the making of payments in pursuance to paragraphs (a) F8and (b) of the last foregoing subsection shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.for the trial of any action by a jury in the Court of Session whether such action originated in that Court or was removed thereto under section thirty of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, orfor the trial of any action by a jury in the sheriff court,(2) A fee payable in pursuance of the last foregoing subsection shall form part of the expenses of the action and shall be returned to the person who paid it in the event of the trial not being proceeded with and no person being cited to attend for service as a juror thereat.(a) for the purposes of section fifty of that Act (which determines the manner in which the expenses of an inquiry by a jury are to be borne) be deemed to be expenses of the inquiry;(b) for the purposes of section fifty-one of that Act (which provides for the determination of the amount of such expenses) be deemed to be reasonable expenses incurred in summoning, impanelling and returning the jury.

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