7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the appointment under regulation 4 of a person as a member of a panel shall be for such period not exceeding 3 years as the local authority in consultation with the chairman of the children’s panel and the Sheriff Principal consider appropriate.
(2) A person may be re-appointed as a member of a panel.
(3) A person’s membership of a panel shall be terminated by a local authority at any time where the local authority, with the agreement of the chairman of the children’s panel and the Sheriff Principal, are satisfied that the panel member is unable, unfit or unsuitable to continue to carry out the functions of membership.