PART 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Panels

Panels for curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders
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In section 101 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) (establishment of a panel of persons from whom curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders may be appointed)—
a
for subsection (1) there is substituted—
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The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the establishment of one or more of each of the following—
a
a panel of persons from which curators ad litem may be appointed under section 58 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 or under section 87(4) of this Act;
b
a panel of persons from which reporting officers may be appointed under either of those sections; and
c
a panel of persons from which appointments may be made under section 41(1) of this Act.
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b
in subsection (2), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the words “the panel" there is substituted “ those panels ”; and
c
for subsection (3) there is substituted—
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Regulations under subsection (1) above may provide—
a
for the defrayment by local authorities of expenses incurred by members of any panel established by virtue of that subsection; and
b
for the payment by local authorities of fees and allowances for such members.
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Paragraphs 9 and 10(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act shall apply in relation to any panel established by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above as they apply in relation to children’s panels.
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