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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-159",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/159",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Enforcement",
  "text": "(1) Section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 shall apply to arbitrations conducted in accordance with the Scheme, subject to the following modifications.\n(2) In subsection(1) for “tribunal pursuant to an arbitration agreement” substitute “arbitrator pursuant to the Scheme (except for an award of reinstatement or re-engagement)”.\n(3) In subsection (3) for “(see section 73)” substitute “(see section XXV of the Scheme)”.\n(4) After subsection (4) insert—\n“(5) In this section—\n“the court” means the High Court or a county court; and\n“the Scheme” means the arbitration scheme set out in the Schedule to the ACAS Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2001.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 23. Section 66 of the Arbitration Act 1996 provides as follows: “66 (1) An award made by the tribunal pursuant to an arbitration agreement may, by leave of the court, be enforced in the same manner as a judgment or order of the court to the same effect. (2) Where leave is so given, judgment may be entered in terms of the award. (3) Leave to enforce an award shall not be given where, or to the extent that, the person against whom it is sought to be enforced shows that the tribunal lacked substantive jurisdiction to make the award. The right to raise such an objection may have been lost (see section 73). (4) Nothing in this section affects the recognition or enforcement of an award under any other enactment or rule of law, in particular under Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950 (enforcement of awards under Geneva Convention) or the provisions of Part III of this Act relating to the recognition and enforcement of awards under the New York Convention or by an action on the award.” Section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 provides as follows: “67 (1) A party to arbitral proceedings may (upon notice to the other parties and to the tribunal) apply to the court— (a) challenging any award of the arbitral tribunal as to its substantive jurisdiction; or (b) for an order declaring an award made by the tribunal on the merits to be of no effect, in whole or in part, because the tribunal did not have substantive jurisdiction. A party may lose the right to object (see section 73) and the right to apply is subject to the restrictions in section 70(2) and (3). (2) The arbitral tribunal may continue the arbitral proceedings and make a further award while an application to the court under this section is pending in relation to an award as to jurisdiction. (3) On an application under this section challenging an award of the arbitral tribunal as to its substantive jurisdiction, the court may by order— (a) confirm the award, (b) vary the award, or (c) set aside the award in whole or in part. (4) The leave of the court is required for any appeal from a decision of the court under this section.”"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1185/schedule/paragraph/159",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:14.009366+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}