PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS

Panels

75 Panels for curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders

In section 101 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) (establishment of a panel of persons from whom curators ad litem, reporting officers and safeguarders may be appointed)—

a

for subsection (1) there is substituted—

1

The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for the establishment of one or more of each of the following—

a

a panel of persons from which curators ad litem may be appointed under section 58 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 or under section 87(4) of this Act;

b

a panel of persons from which reporting officers may be appointed under either of those sections; and

c

a panel of persons from which appointments may be made under section 41(1) of this Act.

b

in subsection (2), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the words “the panel" there is substituted “ those panels ”; and

c

for subsection (3) there is substituted—

3

Regulations under subsection (1) above may provide—

a

for the defrayment by local authorities of expenses incurred by members of any panel established by virtue of that subsection; and

b

for the payment by local authorities of fees and allowances for such members.

4

Paragraphs 9 and 10(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act shall apply in relation to any panel established by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above as they apply in relation to children’s panels.