20.—(1) An application for appointment (including re-appointment) to a panel under section 28(1) of the Act must be made in writing to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Except where the application is made in accordance with regulation 21(1), the application must—
(a)contain the information specified in Schedule 2; and
(b)if a fee is charged to the applicant under regulation 22 in connection with the application, be accompanied by the fee.
21.—(1) Where an application for appointment to a panel under section 28(1) of the Act is made by an eligible person, the application must contain the information specified in Schedule 3.
(2) Where an application is made by an eligible person in accordance with paragraph (1), the application for appointment must be only in respect of a period which does not exceed the period which remains of the term of the person’s appointment to the corresponding 1975 Act panel.
22.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Scottish Ministers may charge a fee of £385 in connection with an application for membership of (including re-appointment to) a 2011 Act panel (“membership fee”).
(2) The Scottish Ministers must not charge a membership fee if the application referred to in paragraph (1) is made by a person who—
(a)at or around the same time, applies in substantially the same terms to the Secretary of State under the 1975 Act to be placed on a corresponding 1975 Act panel; and
(b)the application to be placed on the corresponding 1975 Act panel is accompanied by the prescribed fee under that Act.
23.—(1) An application for a review of a decision under section 30(1) of the Act must be made in writing to the Scottish Ministers.
(2) The application must contain the information specified in Schedule 4.