{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-281",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-281.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/281",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "281",
  "heading": "Resolutions",
  "text": "(1) A resolution of the members (or of a class of members) of a private company must be passed—\n(a) as a written resolution in accordance with Chapter 2, or\n(b) at a meeting of the members (to which the provisions of Chapter 3 apply).\n(2) A resolution of the members (or of a class of members) of a public company must be passed at a meeting of the members (to which the provisions of Chapter 3 and, where relevant, Chapter 4 apply).\n(3) Where a provision of the Companies Acts—\n(a) requires a resolution of a company, or of the members (or a class of members) of a company, and\n(b) does not specify what kind of resolution is required,\nwhat is required is an ordinary resolution unless the company's articles require a higher majority (or unanimity).\n(4) Nothing in this Part affects any enactment or rule of law as to—\n(a) things done otherwise than by passing a resolution,\n(b) circumstances in which a resolution is or is not treated as having been passed, or\n(c) cases in which a person is precluded from alleging that a resolution has not been duly passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/281",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}