{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-26B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-26B.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/1141",
  "legislation_title": "The Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/26B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26B",
  "heading": "Disclosure of juror information or anonymous elector information: lawful authority",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 26A, juror information or anonymous elector information is disclosed with lawful authority if any of paragraphs (2) to (9) applies to the disclosure.\n(2) This paragraph applies to a disclosure by an electoral officer—\n(a) to another electoral officer; or\n(b) in accordance with Article 4.\n(3) This paragraph applies to a disclosure by a court official—\n(a) to another court official;\n(b) to the judge of any court; or\n(c) to a juror or a person summoned as a juror.\n(4) This paragraph applies to a disclosure—\n(a) to a person providing services to the Department of Justice in respect of its functions under section 69 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978; or\n(b) to the employee of such a person,\nfor or in connection with the provision of those services . . . .\n(5) This paragraph applies to a disclosure—\n(a) by a person providing services to the Department of Justice in respect of its functions under section 69 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978; or\n(b) by the employee of such a person,\nif the disclosure is required or authorised to be made by an officer of the court (see Article 2(2)) for or in connection with the provision of those services . . . .\n(6) This paragraph applies to a disclosure—\n(a) by an officer of the court to a member of the police service;\n(b) by a member of the police service to another member of the police service; or\n(c) by a member of the police service to an officer of the court,\nfor or in connection with the making of checks, in accordance with jury check guidelines, on the person to whom the juror information or anonymous elector information relates.\n(7) This paragraph applies to a disclosure to a person other than a member of the police service or an officer of the court if the juror information or anonymous elector information is disclosed in accordance with jury check guidelines.\n(8) This paragraph applies to a disclosure for the purposes of criminal proceedings (but not for the purposes of any proceedings in relation to which the person to whom the juror information or anonymous elector information relates may be, is, or has been, a juror).\n(9) This paragraph applies to a disclosure made with leave of a court.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 26A- 26C inserted (1.8.2007) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 10(1), 53(4) (with s. 10(3)); S.I. 2007/2045, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(1) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 11(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(4)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(a)(i) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in art. 26B(4) inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(a)(ii) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(4) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(a)(iii) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(5)(a) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(b)(i) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in art. 26B(5) inserted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(b)(ii) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(5) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of Northern Ireland Court Service (Abolition and Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/133), art. 4, Sch. para.16(4)(b)(iii) (with arts. 5-7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B(6)-(8) inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 11(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 26B heading inserted (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 11(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1141/article/26B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:56.046942+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}