The Guardians Ad Litem and Reporting Officers (Panels) Regulations 1991

Termination of panel membership

5.—(1) The local authority may terminate a person’s membership of the panel at any time where they consider that he is unable or unfit to carry out the functions of a guardian ad litem or a reporting officer.

(2) Before terminating a person’s membership of the panel the local authority shall—

(a) notify him in writing of the reasons why it is proposed that his membership of the panel should be terminated;

(b) give him an opportunity of making representations to the local authority.

(3) Where the local authority, having considered any representations made under paragraph (2)(b) of this regulation, still propose to terminate a person’s membership, they shall refer the matter to a complaints board.

(4) The complaints board shall make a recommendation to the authority after taking account of any representations of the person whose membership the local authority proposed to terminate.

(5) The local authority shall consider the recommendation of the complaints board, as to termination of a person’s membership and decide whether or not to terminate membership and give notice to that person in writing of their decision together with their reasons for the decision.