When Supreme Court jury trials resume in Tasmania later this month, proceedings will be adapted to ensure compliance with COVID-19 safety measures.
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Trials were suspended in March due to the pandemic.
Criminal trials will resume in Launceston and Hobart from July 21 but are not set to return in Burnie until further notice due to the limited size of the court.
Burnie matters may be transferred to Launceston for jury trials.
Civil trials are set to return from July 20 in Hobart but not until August in Launceston.
From June 15, pleas, directions hearings, legal arguments, bail applications with the accused via video-link, disputed facts hearings and pre-recorded evidence sessions resumed subject to each judge's discretion.
Registrar Jim Connolly has compiled a document outlining the court's COVID-19 protocols for the staged resumption of face-to-face proceedings.
Safety measures in place include the removal of all jugs and glasses from courtrooms with individuals to instead be provided with bottled water, floor markings indicating physical distancing points and the availability of hand sanitiser.
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Potential jurors will be provided with information about COVID-safety in the court before arriving on site for the empanelment process.
Additional rooms will be used to spread out potential jurors, and in Launceston Court 1 sound and vision will be displayed on screens visible in Court 2 to allow the jurors to see and hear the usual empanelment process.
"It is proposed that jurors aged 65 years and over as at 30 June, 2020, will be excused from performing jury service," Mr Connolly said in the document.
"Because of distancing requirements, the jury rooms in Hobart and Launceston and too small to be used by juries, except as cloakrooms.
"In Launceston, trials will proceed in Court 1, using Court 2 as a jury room."
It is proposed in Launceston the 12 jurors will be seated in the public gallery instead of the jury box to ensure physical distancing.
"Temporary furniture, such as small tables, will be provided to allow jurors that are seated in areas without tables to write and take notes," the document said.
"Additional microphones and/or screens may be provided to alleviate any difficulties resulting from the dispersing of jurors to parts of the courtrooms beyond the jury boxes."