{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-318",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-318.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/318",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "318",
  "heading": "Quorum at meetings",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a company limited by shares or guarantee and having only one member, one qualifying person present at a meeting is a quorum.\n(2) In any other case, subject to the provisions of the company's articles, two qualifying persons present at a meeting are a quorum, unless—\n(a) each is a qualifying person only because he is authorised under section 323 to act as the representative of a corporation in relation to the meeting, and they are representatives of the same corporation; or\n(b) each is a qualifying person only because he is appointed as proxy of a member in relation to the meeting, and they are proxies of the same member.\n(3) For the purposes of this section a “qualifying person” means—\n(a) an individual who is a member of the company,\n(b) a person authorised under section 323 (representation of corporations at meetings) to act as the representative of a corporation in relation to the meeting, or\n(c) a person appointed as proxy of a member in relation to the meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 318 wholly in force at 1.10.2007; s. 318 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 318 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)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/318",
    "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."
}