3.1 The Joint Committee shall comprise [insert number], [suggest three members from each Council]. Each appointing Authority shall, unless there are overriding reasons to the contrary, appoint to the Joint Committee the member of the Executive of that Authority who has portfolio responsibility for waste functions within that Authority.
3.2 Each member of the Joint Committee shall be appointed for the term of office, or the balance of the term of office, of the Executive of the appointing Authority.
3.3 The appointment of members of the Joint Committee to fill any vacancy for such members shall be made by the Executives of each Authority:
3.3.1 as soon as practicable following the adoption of this Constitution by the Executive of that Authority;
3.3.2 as soon as practicable after the election of the Executive of that Authority in accordance with that Authority's Constitution; and
3.3.3 as soon as practicable after a vacancy arises in respect of a seat on the Joint Committee to which the Executive of that Authority has the power to make an appointment.
3.4 A member of the Joint Committee shall cease to be a member of the Joint Committee, and a vacancy shall automatically arise, where:
3.4.1 The member ceases to be, or is suspended under Part III of the Local Government Act 2000 from acting as:
(a) a member of an appointing Authority, or
(b) a member of the Executive of the appointing Authority;
3.4.2 The member is removed from membership of the Joint Committee by notification in writing from the Leader of the appointing Authority to the Secretary of the Joint Committee;
3.4.3 The member fails to attend all meetings of the Joint Committee within a period of six (6) months.
3.5 All appointments to membership of the Joint Committee shall be made by notification in writing from the Leader of the appointing Authority to the Secretary of the Joint Committee.
3.6 Upon being made aware of any member ceasing to be a member of the Joint Committee, the Secretary of the Joint Committee shall write to that member confirming that he/she has ceased to be a member of the Joint Committee, and notify the appointing Authority and the other members of the Joint Committee accordingly.