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The Coroners Rules 1984
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Excusal for previous jury service
49.—(1) If a person summoned under section 3 of the Act of 1887 shows to the satisfaction of the appropriate officer or of the coroner—
(a)that he has served on a jury, or duly attended to serve on a jury, at inquests held in that coroner's jurisdiction on three or more days in the period of one year ending with the service of the summons on him; or
(b)that he has served on a jury, or duly attended to serve on a jury, in the Crown Court, the High Court or any county court in the period of two years ending with the service of the summons on him; or
(c)that any such court or a coroner has excused him from jury service for a period which has not terminated,
the appropriate officer or the coroner shall excuse him from attending, or further attending, in pursuance of the summons.
(2) In reckoning the days for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a) no account shall be taken of any day or days to which an inquest is adjourned.
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