Regulation 5 Nominations
(1)
Before a local authority makes any appointment they shall invite nominations for persons as potential members of a panel from–
(a)
the Sheriff Principal;
(b)
other local authorities; and
(c)
such other 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.