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Arbitration Act 1996 (of England) - 1996 CHAPTER 23 [17th June 1996]
[Preamble]
PART I - ARBITRATION PURSUANT TO AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT
Introductory
Section 1. - General principles.
Section 2. - Scope of application of provisions.
Section 3. - The seat of the arbitration.
Section 4. - Mandatory and non-mandatory provisions.
Section 5. - Agreements to be in writing.
Definition of arbitration agreement.
Section 6. - The arbitration agreement
Section 7. - Separability of arbitration agreement.
Section 8. - Whether agreement discharged by death of a party.
Stay of legal proceedings.
Section 9. - Stay of legal proceedings
Section 10. - Reference of interpleader issue to arbitration.
Section 11. - Retention of security where Admiralty proceedings stayed.
Commencement of arbitral proceedings
Section 12. - Power of court to extend time for beginning arbitral proceedings, &c.
Section 13. - Application of Limitation Acts.
Section 14. - Commencement of arbitral proceedings.
The arbitral tribunal
Section 15. - The arbitral tribunal.
Section 16. - Procedure for appointment of arbitrators.
Section 17. - Power in case of default to appoint sole arbitrator.
Section 18. - Failure of appointment procedure.
Section 19. - Court to have regard to agreed qualifications.
Section 20. - Chairman.
Section 21. - Umpire.
Section 22. - Decision-making where no chairman or umpire.
Section 23. - Revocation of arbitrator's authority.
Section 24. - Power of court to remove arbitrator.
Section 25. - Resignation of arbitrator.
Section 26. - Death of arbitrator or person appointing him.
Section 27. - Filling of vacancy, &c.
Section 28. - Joint and several liability of parties to arbitrators for fees and expenses.
Section 29. - Immunity of arbitrator.
Jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal
Section 30. - Competence of tribunal to rule on its own jurisdiction.
Section 31. - Objection to substantive jurisdiction of tribunal.
Section 32. - Determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction.
The arbitral proceedings
Section 33. - General duty of the tribunal.
Section 34. - Procedural and evidential matters.
Section 35. - Consolidation of proceedings and concurrent hearings.
Section 36. - Legal or other representation.
Section 37. - Power to appoint experts, legal advisers or assessors.
Section 38. - General powers exercisable by the tribunal.
Section 39. - Power to make provisional awards.
Section 40. - General duty of parties.
Section 41. - Powers of tribunal in case of party's default.
Powers of court in relation to arbitral proceedings
Section 42. - Enforcement of peremptory orders of tribunal.
Section 43. - Securing the attendance of witnesses.
Section 44. - Court powers exercisable in support of arbitral proceedings.
Section 45. - Determination of preliminary point of law.
The award
Section 46. - Rules applicable to substance of dispute.
Section 47. - Awards on different issues, &c.
Section 48. - Remedies.
Section 49. - Interest.
Section 50. - Extension of time for making award.
Section 51. - Settlement.
Section 52. - Form of award.
Section 53. - Place where award treated as made.
Section 54. - Date of award.
Section 55. - Notification of award.
Section 56. - Power to withhold award in case of non-payment.
Section 57. - Correction of award or additional award.
Section 58. - Effect of award.
Costs of the arbitration
Section 59. - Costs of the arbitration.
Section 60. - Agreement to pay costs in any event.
Section 61. - Award of costs.
Section 62. - Effect of agreement or award about costs.
Section 63. - The recoverable costs of the arbitration.
Section 64. - Recoverable fees and expenses of arbitrators.
Section 65. - Power to limit recoverable costs.
Powers of the court in relation to award
Section 66. - Enforcement of the award.
Section 67. - Challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction.
Section 68. - Challenging the award: serious irregularity.
Section 69. - Appeal on point of law.
Section 70. - Challenge or appeal: supplementary provisions.
Section 71. - Challenge or appeal: effect of order of court.
Miscellaneous
Section 72. - Saving for rights of person who takes no part in proceedings.
Section 73. - Loss of right to object.
Section 74. - Immunity of arbitral institutions, &c.
Section 75. - Charge to secure payment of solicitors' costs.
Supplementary
Section 76. - Service of notices, &c.
Section 77. - Powers of court in relation to service of documents.
Section 78. - Reckoning periods of time.
Section 79. - Power of court to extend time limits relating to arbitral proceedings.
Section 80. - Notice and other requirements in connection with legal proceedings.
Section 81. - Saving for certain matters governed by common law.
Section 82. - Minor definitions.
Section 83. - Index of defined expressions: Part I.
Section 84. - Transitional provisions.
PART II - OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO ARBITRATION
Domestic arbitration agreements
Section 85. - Modification of Part I in relation to domestic arbitration agreement.
Section 86. - Staying of legal proceedings.
Section 87. - Effectiveness of agreement to exclude court's jurisdiction.
Section 88. - Power to repeal or amend sections 85 to 87.
Consumer arbitration agreements
Section 89. - Application of unfair terms regulations to consumer arbitration agreements.
Section 90. - Regulations apply where consumer is a legal person.
Section 91. - Arbitration agreement unfair where modest amount sought.
Small claims arbitration in the county court
Section 92. - Exclusion of Part I in relation to small claims arbitration in the county court.
Section 93. - Appointment of judges as arbitratorsAppointment of judges as arbitrators.
Statutory arbitrations
Section 94. - Application of Part I to statutory arbitrations.
Section 95. - General adaptation of provisions in relation to statutory arbitrations.
Section 96. - Specific adaptations of provisions in relation to statutory arbitrations.
Section 97. - Provisions excluded from applying to statutory arbitrations.
Section 98. - Power to make further provision by regulations.
PART III - RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN FOREIGN AWARDS
Enforcement of Geneva Convention awards
Section 99. - Continuation of Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950.
Recognition and enforcement of New York Convention awards
Section 100. - New York Convention awards.
Section 101. - Recognition and enforcement of awards.
Section 102. - Evidence to be produced by party seeking recognition or enforcement.
Section 103. - Refusal of recognition or enforcement.
Section 104. - Saving for other bases of recognition or enforcement.
PART IV - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 105. - Meaning of "the court": jurisdiction of High Court and county court.
Section 106. - Crown application.
Section 107. - Consequential amendments and repeals.
Section 108. - Extent.
Section 109. - Commencement.
Section 110. - Short title.
Metadata
SiSU Metadata, document information
Manifest
SiSU Manifest, alternative outputs etc.
Supplementary
In this Part the expressions listed below are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated -
| agreement, agree and agreed | section 5(1) |
| agreement in writing | section 5(2) to (5) |
| arbitration agreement | sections 6 and 5(1) |
| arbitrator | section 82(1) |
| available arbitral process | section 82(1) |
| claimant | section 82(1) |
| commencement (in relation to arbitral proceedings) | section 14 |
| costs of the arbitration | section 59 |
| the court | section 105 |
| dispute | section 82(1) |
| enactment | section 82(1) |
| legal proceedings | section 82(1) |
| Limitation Acts | section 13(4) |
| notice (or other document) | section 76(6) |
| party | |
| in relation to an arbitration agreement | section 82(2) |
| - where section 106(2) or (3) applies | section 106(4) |
| peremptory order | section 82(1) (and see section 41(5)) |
| premises | section 82(1) |
| question of law | section 82(1) |
| recoverable costs | sections 63 and 64 |
| seat of the arbitration | section 3 |
| serve and service (of notice or other document) | section 76(6) |
| substantive jurisdiction (in relation to an arbitral tribunal) | section 82(1) (and see section 30(1)(a) to (c)) |
| upon notice (to the parties or the tribunal) | section 80 |
| written and in writing | section 5(6) |
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