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Article 5 Role of SMAC

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(1)

The role of a SMAC is to make recommendations to the Scottish Ministers on the appointment of stipendiary magistrates in relation to the sheriffdom for which that SMAC has been established.

(2)

A person may only be appointed as a stipendiary magistrate for a sheriffdom if that person has been recommended for appointment by a SMAC for that sheriffdom.

(3)

A SMAC must consider all applications submitted to it, and may interview any of the applicants.

(4)

Interviews must be conducted by all 3 members of the SMAC.

(5)

Where, after a recruitment process, a SMAC does not make any recommendation for appointment to the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Ministers may re-advertise the vacancy or vacancies in accordance with article 3.