7.1 The Authorities shall form the project board ("Project Board") for the purpose of overseeing and co-ordinating the Procurement Milestones and to carry out the functions set out in Schedule 11 (Project Board Terms of Reference).
7.2 The Project Board shall not have power to approve any Matter Reserved to the Authorities.
7.3 The first members of the Project Board are those persons named in the first column of the table set out in Schedule 2 (Project Board).
7.4 Each Authority shall be entitled from time to time to appoint a deputy for each of its representatives set out in Schedule 2 (Project Board), but such deputy (in each case) shall only be entitled to attend meetings of the Project Board in the absence of his or her corresponding principal.
7.5 Each Authority shall be entitled to invite appropriate third parties to observe Project Board meetings and such third parties shall be entitled to take part in such Project Board Meetings at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Project Board.
7.6 The Authorities shall procure that:
7.6.1 the Project Board appoints a person to represent the interests of all of the Authorities in respect of their operational requirements for the Project who shall be called the Project Director and who shall be a member of the Project Board;
7.6.2 the first Project Director appointed in accordance with Clause 7.6.1 (Project Board) shall be an officer seconded from X Council and who shall be the person identified as the Project Director and a member of the Project Board in Schedule 2 (Project Board); and
7.6.3 the salary and on costs of the Project Director shall be shared equally by the Authorities; and
7.6.4 The Project Director shall not be removed or replaced unless three (3) months prior written notice is given by the Authorities to the Project Board.
7.7 Each Authority may, at their discretion, replace their representatives (and their respective deputies) appointed to the Project Board, provided that:
7.7.1 at all times, they have representatives appointed to the Project Board in accordance with the positions identified in Schedule 2 (Project Board); and
7.7.2 any such replacement shall have no lesser status or authority than that set out at the second column of Schedule 2 (Project Board).
7.8 The Project Board shall meet as and when required in accordance with the timetable for the Project and, in any event, at appropriate times and on reasonable notice (to be issued through the Project Director) to carry out the Project Board Matters referred to in Schedule 1 (Procurement Milestones) and in carrying out such activities.
7.9 The details of the ways of working, clerking and other operational matters of the Project Board are set out in Schedule 11 (Project Board Terms of Reference).
7.10 Each Authority shall provide all information reasonably required upon request by the Project Board and comply with unanimous decisions of the Project Board to request such information.
7.11 Each Authority shall consult with the other Authorities to ensure the diligent progress of the day to day matters relating to the Procurement Milestones.
7.12 The Project Board has appointed the Project Director as identified in the table in Schedule 3 (Project Team) to carry out the functions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 10 (Duties of Project Director and Project Manager).
[NB Voting provisions to be included at Schedule 11]