Appointment to panel
4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulations 5, 6 and 7, each local authority shall from time to time, appoint such number of persons to be members of a panel as, after consultation with the Sheriff Principal, they consider adequate.
(2) A person may be appointed as a member of more than one panel.
(3) A local authority shall appoint persons as members of a panel in accordance with regulations 5, 6 and 7 below.
(4) Before seeking nominations under regulation 5, a local authority may determine the standard of qualifications or experience which should be attained by persons who may be appointed curators ad litem or reporting officers for the purposes of section 58 of the 1978 Act or the 1995 Act, and any such determination shall be made after consultation with the Sheriff Principal.