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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 29th June 2006

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee D

 

Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]


 

[eight and ninth sittingS]


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  197

 

Clause  260,  page  120,  line  18,  leave out ‘A public company’s register of

 

secretaries’ and insert ‘The register of secretaries which is required to be kept under

 

section 258’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  198

 

Clause  260,  page  120,  line  26,  leave out ‘instead of’ and insert ‘in addition to’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  199

 

Clause  260,  page  120,  line  27,  leave out ‘or in addition to either or both of them’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  200

 

Clause  260,  page  120,  line  38,  leave out ‘18’ and insert ‘16’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  201

 

Clause  260,  page  120,  line  40,  leave out sub-paragraph (ii).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  202

 

Clause  261,  page  121,  line  2,  leave out ‘A public company’s register of secretaries’

 

and insert ‘The register of secretaries which is required to be kept under section 258’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  203

 

Clause  262,  page  121,  line  27,  leave out ‘A public company’s register of

 

secretaries’ and insert ‘The register of secretaries which is required to be kept under

 

section 258’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  204

 

Clause  263,  page  121,  line  30,  leave out ‘public company’ and insert ‘company

 

which is required by section 254 to have a secretary’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  327

 

Clause  264,  page  122,  line  5,  at end add ‘, save in the case of a public company not

 

being a quoted company, which may pass a written resolution in accordance with Chapter

 

2 of this Part.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 265 Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  328

 

Clause  266,  page  122,  line  36,  after ‘company’, insert ‘or a public company not

 

being a quoted company’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  222

 

Clause  267,  page  123,  line  23,  after ‘member’, insert ‘, whether voting in person or

 

by proxy,’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  223

 

Clause  267,  page  123,  line  25,  after ‘member’, insert ‘, whether voting in person or

 

by proxy,’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  329

 

Clause  268,  page  123,  line  41,  leave out ‘a private company’s articles’ and insert

 

‘the articles of the relevant company’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  224

 

Clause  268,  page  124,  line  3,  after ‘member’, insert ‘, whether voting in person or

 

by proxy,’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  330

 

Clause  270,  page  124,  line  22,  after ‘deemed’, insert ‘not’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  331

 

Clause  270,  page  124,  line  22,  leave out ‘if’ and insert ‘notwithstanding that’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  332

 

Clause  271,  page  124,  line  33,  after ‘company’, insert ‘or a public company not

 

being a quoted company’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  333

 

Clause  271,  page  125,  line  8,  leave out ‘private’ and insert ‘relevant’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  334

 

Clause  272,  page  125,  line  16,  leave out ‘private’ and insert ‘relevant’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 273 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not selected  225

 

Clause  274,  page  125,  line  38,  after ‘website’, insert ‘provided the company has

 

notified the person of the availability of the material on its website’.


 
 

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  335

 

Clause  274,  page  126,  line  9,  leave out subsections (5) and (6).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  336

 

Clause  275,  page  126,  line  28,  at end insert ‘, provided that such statement is not

 

defamatory of any person.’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not moved  226

 

Clause  275,  page  126,  line  33,  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘10’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not selected  227

 

Clause  276,  page  127,  line  7,  after ‘website’, insert ‘(having first notified each

 

relevant member of the presence of the same on such website)’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  337

 

Clause  277,  page  127,  line  36,  at end add ‘as certified by the company’s auditors

 

from time to time.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 278 Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  228

 

Clause  279,  page  128,  line  4,  leave out ‘acting’ and insert ‘duly authorised to act’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 280 and 281 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not selected  229

 

Clause  282,  page  128,  line  32,  leave out ‘sends’ and insert ‘provides’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not selected  230

 

Clause  282,  page  128,  line  39,  at end insert ‘and the company has notified the

 

person of the availability of that material on its website.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 283 to 285 Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Withdrawn  231

 

Clause  286,  page  129,  line  30,  leave out from ‘10%’ to end of line 37.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not moved  232

 

Clause  286,  page  130,  line  4,  at end insert ‘provided that the text of such resolution

 

may be altered prior to being moved at the meeting, subject to section 286(4)(e).’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  233

 

Clause  286,  page  130,  line  9,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

it is outside the general nature of the business to be dealt with at the

 

meeting as stated in the request pursuant to section 286(4)(a), or


 
 

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(e)    

it is beyond the general nature or purpose of a resolution, the text of

 

which is included in the request under section 286(4)(b).’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  234

 

Clause  286,  page  130,  line  12,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

No business may be dealt with at the meeting which is outside the general nature

 

of the business to be dealt with at the meeting, stated in the request under section

 

286(4).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  235

 

Clause  287,  page  130,  line  22,  at end insert ‘(and a statement that such a resolution

 

is not necessarily in its final form) as well as the general nature of the business to be dealt

 

with at the meeting (as stated in the request under section 286(4)(a)).’.

 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  236

 

Clause  287,  page  130,  line  24,  at end insert ‘(provided that such resolution may be

 

moved in modified form, and provided that other business and resolutions may be dealt

 

with or moved at the meeting, subject to section 286(4)).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

 

Mr Crispin Blunt

 

James Brokenshire

 

Not called  237

 

Clause  288,  page  130,  line  37,  at end insert ‘(and a statement that such a resolution

 

is not necessarily in its final form) as well as the general nature of the business to be dealt

 

with at the meeting (as stated in the request under section 286(4)(a)).’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 289 Agreed to.

 



 
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