582.The requirements for public companies relating to annual general meetings are set out in this Chapter. The main substantive changes to the 1985 Act are, as the CLR recommended, that:
	private companies will no longer be required to hold an AGM. The provisions of this Chapter therefore do not apply to private companies; and
	public company AGMs must be held within six months of their financial year-end.
Existing Law Application to class meetings Chapter 4: Public Companies: Additional Requirements for Agms