{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/269",
  "legislation_title": "Juries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juries-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Balloting of jurors",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 12(1) of the Order the jury shall be balloted for in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) An officer of the court shall write the name of each person to be included in the ballot together with his address and any number allocated to him by the Juries Officer on a piece of card which shall be as nearly as possible the same size as all other pieces of card to be used for that purpose.\n(3) In open court an officer of the court shall place the pieces of card referred to in paragraph (2) in a container, shake them together and draw out one after the other as many names as are required to provide a full jury taking into account all challenges and stand-bys.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/269/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:17.622871+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."
}