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Arbitration Act 1950

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Part I—General Provisions as to Arbitration
- Effect of Arbitration Agreements, &
- 1 Authority of arbitrators and umpires to be irrevocable.
- 2 Death of party.
- 3 Bankruptcy.
- 4 Staying court proceedings where there is submission to arbitration.
- 5 Reference of interpleader issues to arbitration.
- Arbitrators and Umpires
- 6 When reference is to a single arbitrator.
- 7 Power of parties in certain cases to supply vacancy.
- 8 Umpires.
- 9 Majority award of three arbitrators.
- 10 Power of court in certain cases to appoint an arbitrator or umpire.
- 11 Power of official referee to take arbitrations.
- Conduct of Proceedings, Witnesses, &c.
- 12 Conduct of proceedings, witnesses, &c.
- Provisions as to Awards
- 13 Time for making award.
- 13A Want of prosecution.
- 14 Interim awards.
- 15 Specific performance.
- 16 Awards to be final.
- 17 Power to correct slips.
- Costs, Fees and Interest
- 18 Costs.
- 19 Taxation of arbitrator’s or umpire’s fees.
- 19A Power of arbitrator to award interest.
- 20 Interest on awards.
- Special Cases, Remission and Setting aside of Awards, &c.
- 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 22 Power to remit award.
- 23 Removal of arbitrator and setting aside of award.
- 24 Power of court to give relief where arbitrator is not impartial or the dispute involves question of fraud.
- 25 Power of court where arbitrator is removed or authority of arbitrator is revoked.
- Enforcement of Award
- 26 Enforcement of award.
- Miscellaneous
- 27 Power of court to extend time for commencing arbitration proceedings.
- 28 Terms as to costs, &c.
- 29 Extension of s. 496 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.
- 30 Crown to be bound.
- 31 Application of Part I to statutory arbitrations.
- 32 Meaning of “arbitration agreement”.
- 33 Operation of Part I.
- 34 Extent of Part I.
Part II—Enforcement of certain Foreign Awards
Part III—General
- 44 Short title, commencement and repeal.
FIRST SCHEDULE—Protocol on Arbitration Clauses signed on behalf of His Majesty at a Meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations held on the twenty-fourth day of September, nineteen hundred and twenty-three
SECOND SCHEDULE—Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards signed at Geneva on behalf of His Majesty on the twenty-sixth day of September, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven

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1950 c.27

An Act to consolidate the Arbitration Acts, 1889 to 1934.

[28th July 1950]

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