Companies Act 1985

[F1 390 Right to attend company meetings, &c. E+W+S

(1) A company’s auditors are entitled—

(a) to receive all notices of, and other communications relating to, any general meeting which a member of the company is entitled to receive;

(b) to attend any general meeting of the company; and

(c) to be heard at any general meeting which they attend on any part of the business of the meeting which concerns them as auditors.

(1A) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) In relation to a written resolution proposed to be agreed to by a private company F3 . . . , the company’s auditors are entitled—

(a) to receive all such communications relating to the resolution as, by virtue of any provision of [F4 Chapter 2 of Part 13 of the Companies Act 2006] , are required to be supplied to a member of the company,

F5 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) The right to attend or be heard at a meeting is exercisable in the case of a body corporate or partnership by an individual authorised by it in writing to act as its representative at the meeting.]

Textual Amendments

F1 New ss. 389A–390 inserted (subject to the savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 1990/355, arts. 4, 10, Sch. 4) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 118, 120(1) as part of the text inserted to replace Chapter V of Part XI (as mentioned in s. 118 of the 1989 Act)

F2 S. 390(1A) omitted (1.10.2007) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(2) (with art. 12)

F3 Words in s. 390(2) omitted (1.10.2007) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(3)(a) (with art. 12)

F4 Words in s. 390(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2194), art. 10(1), Sch. 4 para. 4(3)(b) (with art. 12)

F5 S. 390(2)(b)-(d) repealed (19.6.1996 with effect as mentioned in art. 3(3) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1996/1471, art. 3(2)(b)(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 390 applied with modifications by S.I. 1985/680, regs. 4–6, Sch.

C2 S. 390 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I