The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007

General provisions about resolutions (ss.281 to 287)

22.—(1) Sections 281 to 287 of the Companies Act 2006 (general provisions about resolutions), apply—

(a) to written resolutions to which sections 288 to 300 of that Act apply (see paragraph 24);

(b) to resolutions (other than written resolutions)—

(i) of which notice is given on or after 1st October 2007, or

(ii) that are proposed at a meeting of which notice is given on or after 1st October 2007, other than a meeting convened in pursuance of a requisition made under section 368 or 376 of the 1985 Act or Article 376 or 384 of the 1986 Order made before that date.

(2) The provisions of the 1985 Act or 1986 Order continue to apply to resolutions (other than written resolutions)—

(a) of which notice is given before 1st October 2007, or

(b) that are proposed at a meeting—

(i) of which notice was given before 1st October 2007, or

(ii) that is convened in pursuance of a requisition under section 368 or 376 of the 1985 Act or Article 376 or 384 of the 1986 Order made before that date.

(3) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (2) include—

• section 370(6) of the 1985 Act or Article 378(6) of the 1986 Order (voting entitlement of members); and

• section 378 of the 1985 Act or Article 386 of the 1986 Order (extraordinary and special resolutions).

(4) Where notice of a meeting is given over more than one day, it is treated for the purposes of this paragraph as given on the first of those days.

(5) Where copies of a requisition are deposited on more than one day, the references in this paragraph to the day on which the requisition is made shall be read as references to the first day on which the copies deposited are sufficient to require the company to act.