The committee's most substantive changes clarify the scope of the safety requirements that the judiciary may set to manage COVID-19 risks in jury trials. Ensuring the judiciary can set these requirements will help manage the risks associated with jury trials. Selections for juries involve over 100 or more strangers who are compelled to be present at court and will usually involve jurors being in close proximity for several hours to several weeks. These safety requirements can only be set if the judiciary considers them reasonably necessary in the interests of justice and to protect health and safety in the court, taking COVID-19 into account. The Justice Committee also emphasised the requirements are not intended to override the existing juror-related law. They will apply in addition to the existing law not instead of it. 