Company Law Reform Bill

moved Amendment No. 184:"Page 73, line 36, leave out ““it”” and insert ““that notice, or notices given under this section in general,””" The noble Lord said: This is to do with the modern age of electronic communication. My amendment would make Clause 167(4)(b) read: ““if the recipient has agreed to receive that notice, or notices given under this section in general, by electronic means, by agreed electronic means””. We are trying to avoid being caught seriatim forcing on the director communicating the information to ensure that he has specific agreement by those receiving it each time that a communication is sent. If there was a general agreement—it is common practice in many companies for the directors to agree to communicate with one another, with the chief executive or with the company secretary by electronic means—that would ease matters considerably. I beg to move.