{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-safeguarders-panel-regulations-2012/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-safeguarders-panel-regulations-2012/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2012/54",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Safeguarders Panel) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-safeguarders-panel-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Tenure of appointment and removal of members",
  "text": "(1) The period for which a person is appointed as a member of the Safeguarders Panel is 3 years.\n(2) The period for which a person is reappointed as a member of the Safeguarders Panel is to be determined by the Scottish Ministers but must be for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 3 years.\n(3) A person who is appointed as a member of the Safeguarders Panel may, at the end of their period of appointment or, as the case may be, reappointment, be reappointed as a member of the Safeguarders Panel only if the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the person is fit to be a member of the Safeguarders Panel.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers may remove a member from the Safeguarders Panel if at any point they consider that that person is not fit to be a member of the Safeguarders Panel.\n(5) In assessing whether a person is fit to be a member of the Safeguarders Panel for the purpose of paragraph (3) or (4), the Scottish Ministers may in particular have regard to—\n(a) the person’s conduct;\n(b) whether the person has failed to comply with any requirement in that person’s letter of appointment or, as the case may be, reappointment; and\n(c) whether the person has been able and willing to operate in accordance with the Practice Standards.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7(3)-(5) substituted (25.4.2016) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Safeguarders Panel) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/61), regs. 1(1), 4 (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 26.3.2012, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/54/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:45:24.767348+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}