Juries Act 1974
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19 Payment for jury service.
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person who serves as a juror shall be entitled, in respect of his attendance at court for the purpose of performing jury service, to receive payments, at rates determined by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service and subject to any prescribed conditions, by way of allowance— (a) for travelling and subsistence; and (b) for financial loss, where in consequence of his attendance for that purpose he has incurred any expenditure (otherwise 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. (1A) The reference in subsection (1) above to payments by way of allowance for subsistence includes a reference to vouchers and other benefits which may be used to pay for subsistence, whether or not their use is subject to any limitations. (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to service on a coroner’s jury (for which provision for payment is made by Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009). (3) The determination of the amounts payable to persons under subsection (1) above, and the manner of making those payments, shall be in accordance with arrangements made by the Lord Chancellor and all such payments shall be made out of moneys provided by Parliament. (4) In subsection (1) above “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service; and for the purposes of that subsection a person who, in obedience to a summons 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 sworn. (5) Save as provided by Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, no person shall be entitled under any Act other than this Act or under any rule of law, custom or agreement to payment for his services as a juror. (6) This section shall not apply to service on a jury summoned for the purposes of a trial of the pyx under section 8 of the Coinage Act 1971. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 Payment for jury service.
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person who serves as a juror shall be entitled, in respect of his attendance at court for the purpose of performing jury service, to receive payments, at rates determined by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service and subject to any prescribed conditions, by way of allowance— (a) for travelling and subsistence; and (b) for financial loss, where in consequence of his attendance for that purpose he has incurred any expenditure (otherwise 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. (1A) The reference in subsection (1) above to payments by way of allowance for subsistence includes a reference to vouchers and other benefits which may be used to pay for subsistence, whether or not their use is subject to any limitations. (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to service on a coroner’s jury (for which provision for payment is made by Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009). (3) The determination of the amounts payable to persons under subsection (1) above, and the manner of making those payments, shall be in accordance with arrangements made by the Lord Chancellor and all such payments shall be made out of moneys provided by Parliament. (4) In subsection (1) above “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Lord Chancellor with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service; and for the purposes of that subsection a person who, in obedience to a summons 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 sworn. (5) Save as provided by Schedule 7 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, no person shall be entitled under any Act other than this Act or under any rule of law, custom or agreement to payment for his services as a juror. (6) This section shall not apply to service on a jury summoned for the purposes of a trial of the pyx under section 8 of the Coinage Act 1971. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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