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Arbitration Act 1996

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Change 1

What to do with it
As published

SCHEDULE 1 Mandatory provisions of Part I

Section 4(1). sections 9 to 11 (stay of legal proceedings); section 12 (power of court to extend agreed time limits); section 13 (application of Limitation Acts); section 23A (impartiality: duty of disclosure); section 24 (power of court to remove arbitrator); section 26(1) (effect of death of arbitrator); section 28 (liability of parties for fees and expenses of arbitrators); section 29 (immunity of arbitrator); section 31 (objection to substantive jurisdiction of tribunal); section 32 (determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction); section 33 (general duty of tribunal); section 37(2) (items to be treated as expenses of arbitrators); section 40 (general duty of parties); section 43 (securing the attendance of witnesses); section 56 (power to withhold award in case of non-payment); section 60 (effectiveness of agreement for payment of costs in any event); section 66 (enforcement of award); sections 67 and 68 (challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction and serious irregularity), and sections 70 and 71 (supplementary provisions; effect of order of court) so far as relating to those sections; 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).

Your change, as a redline

SCHEDULE 1 Mandatory provisions of Part I

Section 4(1). sections 9 to 11 (stay of legal proceedings); section 12 (power of court to extend agreed time limits); section 13 (application of Limitation Acts); section 23A (impartiality: duty of disclosure); section 24 (power of court to remove arbitrator); section 26(1) (effect of death of arbitrator); section 28 (liability of parties for fees and expenses of arbitrators); section 29 (immunity of arbitrator); section 31 (objection to substantive jurisdiction of tribunal); section 32 (determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction); section 33 (general duty of tribunal); section 37(2) (items to be treated as expenses of arbitrators); section 40 (general duty of parties); section 43 (securing the attendance of witnesses); section 56 (power to withhold award in case of non-payment); section 60 (effectiveness of agreement for payment of costs in any event); section 66 (enforcement of award); sections 67 and 68 (challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction and serious irregularity), and sections 70 and 71 (supplementary provisions; effect of order of court) so far as relating to those sections; 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).

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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