Regulation 7 Tenure of appointment and removal of membersI1
Scotland
The period for which a person is appointed as a member of the Safeguarders Panel is 3 years.
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.
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.
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.
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—
the person’s conduct;
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
whether the person has been able and willing to operate in accordance with the Practice Standards.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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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)