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Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 84 Cited in Amendments 323 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1980 c. 55
is for the time being registered as a parliamentary or local government elector;is not less than 18 years of age;has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for any period of at least 5 years since attaining the age of 13 years; andis not among the persons listed in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act, being persons hereby declared ineligible for, nor among those listed in Part II of that Schedule, being persons hereby declared disqualified from, jury service,(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(4) The fact that any person serving on the jury chosen for a particular trial (whether before or after the coming into force of this Act) is, under subsection (1) above, ineligible or not qualified for or disqualified from jury service, or was under section 1 of the Jurors (Scotland) Act (5) A person cited to attend for jury service and not excused (5A) Where the clerk of court has, under subsection (5) above, excused a person from jury service in any criminal proceedings he shall, unless he considers there to be exceptional circumstances which make it inappropriate to do so, within one year of the date of that excusal cite that person to attend for jury service in criminal proceedings.the preceding provisions of this section;section 1A;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . section 85(8) or 88(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995,

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