Section 5(1):
"The arrangements to be made by the Lord Chancellor under this Act shall
include the preparation of lists (called panels) of persons summoned as
jurors, and the information to be included in panels, the court sittings
for which they are prepared, their division into parts or sets (whether
according to the day of first attendance or otherwise), their enlargement
or amendment, and all other matters relating to the contents and form of
the panels shall be such as the Lord Chancellor may from time to time
direct."
Section 11
(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, the jury selected by any one ballot
shall try only one issue (but any juror shall be liable to be selected on
more than one ballot).
(5) Subsection (4) above shall not prevent—
(a) the trial of two or more issues by the same jury if the trial of the
second or last issue begins within 24 hours from the time when the jury is
constituted, or
(b) in a criminal case, the trial of fitness to plead by the same jury as
that by whom the accused is being tried, if that is so directed by the
court under section 4(4)(b) of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964,
or
(c) in a criminal case beginning with a special plea, the trial of the
accused on the general issue by the jury trying the special plea.
(6) In the cases within subsection (5)(a) and (b) above the court may, on
the trial of the second or any subsequent issue, instead of proceeding
with the same jury in its entirety, order any juror to withdraw, if the
court considers that he could be justly challenged or excused, or if the
parties to the proceedings consent, and the juror to replace him shall . .
. be selected by ballot in open court.
Section 18
(1) No judgment after verdict in any trial by jury in any court shall be
stayed or reversed by reason—
(a) that the provisions of this Act about the summoning or empanelling of
jurors, or the selection of jurors by ballot, have not been complied with,
or
(b) that a juror was not qualified in accordance with section 1 of this
Act, or
(c) that any juror was misnamed or misdescribed, or
(d) that any juror was unfit to serve.
(2) Subsection (1)(a) above shall not apply to any irregularity if
objection is taken at, or as soon as practicable after, the time it
occurs, and the irregularity is not corrected.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) above shall apply to any objection to a
verdict on the ground of personation.