Nominations5

1

Before a local authority make any appointment they shall invite nominations for persons as potential members of a panel from–

a

the chairman of the children’s panel;

b

the Sheriff Principal; and

c

such other bodies or persons as the local authority may consider appropriate.

2

A local authority may take such steps, including public advertisement, as they consider appropriate, to secure the nomination of a sufficient number of persons as potential members of a panel, and may themselves make nominations.