# The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Rules of Procedure in Children’s Hearings) Rules 2013, Article 4: Selection of chairing member for pre-hearing panels and children’s hearings


(1) Paragraph (2) applies where a pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing has been arranged by virtue of the Act or any other enactment and the National Convener or relevant area support team has not selected a chairing member for that pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing.
(2) Immediately before beginning the pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing, as the case may be, the members of that pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing must determine which of their number is to chair the pre-hearing panel or children’s hearing, as the case may be.
(3) A member may only be selected to chair a children’s hearing if that member has successfully completed the relevant training provided by or on behalf of the National Convener relating to chairing a children’s hearing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2013/9780111020326/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-childrens-hearings-scotland-act-2011-rules-of-procedure-in-childrens-hearings-rules-2013/article-4
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