Juries Act 1976
Liability to serve on coroner's jury.
31.—Every citizen of the age of eighteen years or upwards F26[…] residing in a coroner's district shall be qualified and liable to serve on the jury at any coroner's inquest held in that district unless he is ineligible or disqualified under this Act for jury service or is among the persons specified in Part II of the First Schedule.
Annotations
Amendments:
F26
Deleted (1.01.2009) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (14/2008), s. 59, S.I. No. 274 of 2008.
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Application of section restricted (22.07.2022) by Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022), s. 50(4), S.I. No. 370 of 2022.
Definitions (Part 8)
48. In this Part—
“Act of 1962” means the Coroners Act 1962;
“Act of 1976” means the Juries Act 1976;
“Stardust death” means a reportable death, within the meaning of the Act of 1962, which occurred at the premises known as “Stardust”, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5 on 14 February 1981 or thereafter as a result of injuries sustained at that premises on that date;
“Stardust inquest” means an inquest in relation to a Stardust death held pursuant to a direction of the Attorney General under section 24 of the Act of 1962.
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Application of Act of 1962 and Act of 1976
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(4) Section 31 of the Act of 1976 shall not apply in respect of a Stardust inquest.