3.1 The SLA Management Board shall comprise an officer appointed by each of the Parties as the Authority Lead Officer for that Authority. Unless there are overriding reasons to the contrary, each Authority shall appoint the officer with responsibility for waste functions as the Authority Lead Officer.
3.2 Each Authority Lead Officer may appoint an alternate officer of his/her employing authority to act on his/her behalf, and such alternate officer shall be treated for this purpose as if he/she were the Authority Lead Officers.
3.3 Each Authority may at any time appoint another officer to be that Authority's Authority Lead Officer, and any member of the SLA Management Board shall automatically cease to be a member of the SLA Management Board upon ceasing to be an officer of his/her employing Authority.
3.4 All appointments to membership of the SLA Management Board shall be made by notification in writing from the Authority to the other Authority Lead Officers.