Scottish Civil Justice Council and Criminal Legal Assistance Act 2013

7 Lord President appointment process

(1) The Lord President must appoint persons to be members of the Council in respect of the categories of membership described in section 6(1)(e) to (i) and ensure that the number of members in each such category of membership is maintained at the required level.

(2) The Lord President must prepare and publish a statement of appointment practice setting out the process which the Lord President will follow for appointing—

(a) advocate members,

(b) solicitor members,

(c) consumer representative members, and

(d) LP members.

(3) In preparing the statement of appointment practice the Lord President must have regard to the principles in subsection (4).

(4) The principles are—

(a) appointments to the Council should be made fairly and openly, and

(b) so far as reasonably practicable, all eligible persons should be afforded an opportunity to be considered for appointment.

(5) The statement of appointment practice must include a requirement for the Lord President to consult—

(a) the Faculty of Advocates before appointing an advocate member,

(b) the Council of the Law Society of Scotland before appointing a solicitor member,

(c) the Scottish Ministers before appointing—

(i) a consumer representative member, or

(ii) a LP member.