Part 13Resolutions and meetings
Chapter 2Written resolutions
Supplementary
298Sending documents relating to written resolutions by electronic means
1
Where a company has given an electronic address in any document containing or accompanying a proposed written resolution, it is deemed to have agreed that any document or information relating to that resolution may be sent by electronic means to that address (subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the document).
2
In this section “electronic address” means any address or number used for the purposes of sending or receiving documents or information by electronic means.
299Publication of written resolution on website
1
This section applies where a company sends—
a
a written resolution, or
b
a statement relating to a written resolution,
to a person by means of a website.
2
The resolution or statement is not validly sent for the purposes of this Chapter unless the resolution is available on the website throughout the period beginning with the circulation date and ending on the date on which the resolution lapses under section 297.
300Relationship between this Chapter and provisions of company’s articles
A provision of the articles of a private company is void in so far as it would have the effect that a resolution that is required by or otherwise provided for in an enactment could not be proposed and passed as a written resolution.