National Convener functions
2. Where the office of National Convener(1) is vacant or the National Convener is for any reason unable to act, the National Convener’s functions may be exercised during that period by a person designated by the chairing member(2) of CHS(3) or, where the chairing member of CHS is unable to act, by CHS.
Section 1(1) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”) provides that there is to be an officer to be known as the National Convener of Children’s Hearings Scotland. That officer is referred to in that Act as the National Convener.
Paragraph 7(1) of schedule 1 to the 2011 Act provides that the chairing member is one of the members of CHS appointed by Scottish Ministers to chair meetings of CHS.
Section 2 of the 2011 Act establishes a body corporate to be known as Children’s Hearings Scotland, referred to in that Act as CHS.