1 Short Title and commencement
  • (1) This Act may be cited as the Juries Act 1981.

    (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into force on 1 May 1982.

    (3) Sections 5 to 10, 12, 35, and 36 shall come into force for the purposes of the constitution of jury districts and the preparation of new jury lists, but only for those purposes, on 1 January 1982.