# The Stipendiary Magistrates (Scotland) Order 2010, Article 5: Role of SMAC


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/142/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stipendiary-magistrates-scotland-order-2010/article-5
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