Schedules
Schedule 6Offences
Part 1Offences relating to jurors
1
1
It is an offence for a person to serve on a jury at an inquest if the person—
a
is disqualified from jury service (by reason of being a person listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)), and
b
knows that he or she is disqualified from jury service.
2
A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
2
1
It is an offence for a person—
a
to refuse without reasonable excuse to answer any question put under section 8(5),
b
to give an answer to such a question knowing the answer to be false in a material particular, or
c
recklessly to give an answer to such a question that is false in a material particular.
2
A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
3
1
It is an offence for a person who is duly summoned as a juror at an inquest—
a
to make any false representation, or
b
to cause or permit to be made any false representation on his or her behalf,
with the intention of evading service as a juror at an inquest.
2
A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
1
It is an offence for a person to make or cause to be made, on behalf of a person who has been duly summoned as a juror at an inquest, any false representation with the intention of enabling the other person to evade service as a juror at an inquest.
2
A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
5
1
A senior coroner, or (as the case may be) the Coroner for Treasure, may impose a fine not exceeding £1000 on a person duly summoned as a juror at an inquest who—
a
fails without reasonable excuse to attend in accordance with the summons, or
b
attends in accordance with the summons but refuses without reasonable excuse to serve as a juror.
2
But a fine may not be imposed under this paragraph unless the summons was duly served on the person in question not later than 14 days before the day on which he or she was required to attend.