Part X Enforcement of Fair Dealing by Directors
Restrictions on directors taking financial advantage
322BF1Contracts with sole members who are directors
1
Subject to subsection (2), where a private company limited by shares or by guarantee having only one member enters into a contract with the sole member of the company and the sole member is also a director of the company, the company shall, unless the contract is in writing, ensure that the terms of the contract are either set out in a written memorandum or are recorded in the minutes of the first meeting of the directors of the company following the making of the contract.
2
Subsection (1) shall not apply to contracts entered into in the ordinary course of the company’s business.
3
For the purposes of this section a sole member who is a shadow director is treated as a director.
4
If a company fails to comply with subsection (1), the company and every officer of it who is in default is liable to a fine.
5
Subject to subsection (6), nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding the operation of any other enactment or rule of law applying to contracts between a company and a director of that company.
6
Failure to comply with subsection (1) with respect to a contract shall not affect the validity of that contract.