Early termination of appointment as Commissioner 30 13 (1) A Commissioner may resign by giving notice to the Commission. (2) The Commission may, by giving notice to the Commissioner, terminate a Commissioner’s appointment if— (b) the Commissioner has been absent from two or more consecutive meetings of the Commission without the permission of the Commission, 35 (c) the Commission considers that the Commissioner is— (i) unable to perform the functions of a Commissioner, or (ii) unsuitable to continue as a Commissioner. (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b)— (a) a meeting of the Commission includes a meeting of a committee of the 40 Commission of which the Commissioner is a member, and Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill 13 Schedule 3—Meetings of the Commission (b) permission of the Commission includes permission of the committee where the committee meeting consists of three or more Commissioners. (4) A Commissioner’s appointment may be terminated with immediate effect by a majority vote of heritors attending a meeting convened under section 7(1)(c)(v) who own land 5 within the section of the benefited land to which the appointment relates. (5) The Commission must, by giving notice to the Commissioner, terminate a Commissioner’s appointment if the Commissioner or, where the Commissioner is a heritor’s representative, the heritor the Commissioner represents, has ceased to be a heritor. 10 SCHEDULE 3 (introduced by section 6) M EETINGS OF THE C OMMISSION Meetings 1 The Commission must hold at least two general business meetings in any calendar year, 15 and may hold additional meetings as required. 2 A Commissioner may authorise another person to attend a meeting and vote on behalf of the Commissioner, having given prior notification to the Clerk. 3 (1) The Clerk must give each Commissioner prior notice of each meeting stating the place, date, time and agenda. 20 (2) In the case of a general business meeting, notice under sub-paragraph (1) must be given not less than 20 days before the meeting. 4 The quorum of a meeting of the Commission is five Commissioners.