Nominations
5.—(1) Before a local authority makes any appointment they shall invite nominations for persons as potential members of a panel from–
(a)the Sheriff Principal;
(b)other local authorities; and
(c)such other persons as the local authority may consider appropriate.
(2) A local authority may take such steps, including public advertisement, as they consider appropriate, to secure the nomination of a sufficient number of persons as potential members of a panel, and may themselves make nominations.