{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-297",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-297.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/297",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "297",
  "heading": "Period for agreeing to written resolution",
  "text": "(1) A proposed written resolution lapses if it is not passed before the end of—\n(a) the period specified for this purpose in the company's articles, or\n(b) if none is specified, the period of 28 days beginning with the circulation date.\n(2) The agreement of a member to a written resolution is ineffective if signified after the expiry of that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 297 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 297 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 297 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2194, art. 2(1)(f) (with saving in art. 12 and subject to transitional adaptations specified in Sch. 1 and with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/297",
    "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."
}