Appointment to panel
4.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulations 5, 6 and 7, each local authority shall from time to time, appoint such number of persons to be members of a panel, after consultation with the chairman of the children’s panel and the Sheriff Principal, they consider adequate.
(2) A person may be appointed as a member of more than one panel.
(3) A local authority shall appoint persons as members of a panel in accordance with regulations 5, 6 and 7 below.
(4) Before seeking nominations under regulation 5, a local authority may determine the experience and standard of any qualifications which should be possessed by persons who may be appointed to safeguard interests of children, and any such determination shall be made after consultation with the chairman of the children’s panel and the Sheriff Principal.