Transfer of members from CPACs
13(1)This paragraph applies where the National Convener establishes an area support team under paragraph 12(1).
(2)The National Convener must notify each relevant CPAC member of the National Convener’s intention to transfer the member to the area support team.
(3)A notice under sub-paragraph (2) must state that the relevant CPAC member will become a member of the area support team unless the member notifies the National Convener within 28 days of receiving the notice that the person does not wish to become a member of the area support team.
(4)A relevant CPAC member is a person who—
(a)at the time of the establishment of the area support team, is a member of a Children’s Panel Advisory Committee whose area falls wholly within the area of the area support team, and
(b)was nominated as such by the Scottish Ministers (or, as the case may be, by the Secretary of State) under paragraph 3 or 4(a) of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.
(5)The National Convener must appoint each relevant CPAC member as a member of the area support team unless the member notifies the National Convener in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).
(6)On appointment as a member of the area support team under sub-paragraph (5), a relevant CPAC member ceases to be a member of the Children’s Panel Advisory Committee.
(7)In this paragraph—
“area”, in relation to a Children’s Panel Advisory Committee, means the area of the local authority (or authorities) which formed the Children’s Panel Advisory Committee,
“Children’s Panel Advisory Committee” includes a joint advisory committee within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the 1995 Act.