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QUESTION 1

If reasonable accommodation can be made, should blind or deaf jurors who are able to discharge the duties of a juror in the circumstances of the particular case be liable for jury service?

QUESTION 2

If blind or deaf people are required to serve on juries, how should Schedule 2 item 12 of the Jury Act 1977 (NSW) be amended?

QUESTION 3

If blind or deaf people are required to serve on juries, should they have the option to be excused from jury duty on account of their blindness or deafness?

QUESTION 4

Should the trial judge decide whether or not a blind or deaf person is capable of discharging the duties of a juror in the circumstances of the particular case?

QUESTION 5

Ought the availability of peremptory challenges to be the subject of further review?

QUESTION 6

What technologies would blind or deaf people need effectively to discharge their duties as jurors?

QUESTION 7

What are the cost implications of the provision of the technologies identified in Question 6?

QUESTION 8

Ought Auslan interpreters to be provided for deaf jurors and, if so, under what conditions?