SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1E+WModifications of the Arbitration Act 1996 in relation to arbitrations under this Act

2E+WPart 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996 has effect in relation to arbitrations under this Act as if —

(a)in section 20 (chairman), in subsection (3), at the beginning there were inserted “Where there is a chairman,”;

(b)in section 22 (decision-making where no chairman), in subsection (2) for “If there is no such agreement” there were substituted “Where there are two or more arbitrators with no chairman”;

(c)in section 34 (procedural and evidential matters), in subsection (1) after “matters”, there were inserted “(including in relation to oral hearings held in public)”;

(d)in section 35 (consolidation of proceedings and concurrent hearings), in subsection (2), for the words from “Unless” to “has no” there were substituted “The tribunal also has”;

(e)in section 37 (power to appoint experts, legal advisers or assessors), in subsection (1)(a), after “tribunal may” there were inserted “, where agreed by the parties”;

(f)in section 68 (challenging the award: serious irregularity), in subsection (2)(c), the words “procedure agreed by the parties” were substituted by “statutory procedure”;

(g)in section 74 (immunity of arbitral institutions)—

(i)in subsection (1), for “appoint or nominate” there were substituted “appoint, nominate or remove”;

(ii)in subsection (2), for “appointed or nominated”, in both places, there were substituted “appointed, nominated or removed”.

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