2003 No. 474
JURIES
The Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made 6th November 2003
To be laid before Parliament
Coming into operation 1st December 2003

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Articles 4(10)(a) and 30(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 hereby makes the following Regulations:
S.I.1996/1141 (N.I. 6)

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2003.

2 Amendment of Article 4(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
In Article 4(1) of the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 for the words “1st March” there shall be substituted the words “15th December”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Lord Filkin Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Constitutional Affairs Dated 6th November 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.
Regulation 2 amends Article 4(1) of the 1996 Order to provide that within the period of 14 days immediately preceeding 15th December each year the Chief Electoral Officer shall arraange for the selection of a sufficient number of jurors from the electoral register to enable the empanelling of such juries as may be required for that year.