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.