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(2) The amount due to any person in respect of such service shall be ascertained and paid over to him by the coroner.

(3) In subsection (1) above the expression “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by statutory instrument by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service; and for the purposes of that subsection a person who, in obedience to a summons to serve on a jury, attends for service as a juror shall be deemed to serve as a juror notwithstanding that he is not subsequently sworn.

(4) Until the coming into force of paragraph 13 of Schedule 27 to the Social Security Act 1973, paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the words “and social security” were omitted.”;

(c) in section 26, after the words “medical witness” there shall be inserted the words “the allowances of every juror”;

(d) in section 29, after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following new subsection—

“(7A) Section 25A of this Act shall not apply in relation to service on a jury under this section but that shall not affect any entitlement to payment that may otherwise be enjoyed by a juror for service on such a jury.”.