28Appointment and removal of panel members
(1)A civil engineer who wishes to be appointed to a panel under section 27 must make an appropriate application.
(2)An appointment is for such period as the Scottish Ministers determine.
(3)A civil engineer appointed to a panel is eligible for re-appointment.
(4)The Scottish Ministers may remove an engineer from a panel where they are satisfied that the engineer is not fit or qualified to remain on it.
(5)The Scottish Ministers must give an engineer removed from a panel under subsection (4) notice of the removal.
(6)Notice under subsection (5) must specify the grounds on which the engineer has been removed from the panel.
(7)In this section, “an appropriate application” is an application made in accordance with regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
(8)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the determining and charging of fees in connection with applications for membership of panels established by them under section 27.