Selection of members of children’s hearing and pre-hearing panel - supplementary
3.—(1) Where a children’s hearing is held in relation to a child, by virtue of the Act or any other enactment, the children’s hearing may request that the National Convener select, where practicable, one of the members of that children’s hearing to be a member of the next children’s hearing to be arranged in relation to that child.
(2) In selecting members of a pre-hearing panel in terms of section 79(2)(a) (referral of certain matters for pre-hearing determination) of the Act the National Convener must ensure that the pre-hearing panel—
(a)includes both male and female members of the Children’s Panel; and
(b)so far as practicable, consists only of members of the Children’s Panel who live or work in the area of the local authority which is the relevant local authority for the child to whom the pre-hearing panel relates.