PART 3Courts and tribunals

Juries and members of the Court Martial

68Upper age limit for jury service to be 75

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The Juries Act 1974 is amended as follows.

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In section 1(1)(a) (qualification for jury service), for the words from “and” to the end substitute “ and aged eighteen or over but under seventy six ”.

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In section 3(1) (electoral register as basis of jury selection), for “less than eighteen or more than seventy years of age” substitute

a

aged under eighteen, or

b

aged seventy six or over