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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2001/schedule/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2001",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/21",
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  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Requirements for entry into the Scheme",
  "text": "Any agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration under the Scheme must satisfy the following requirements (an “Arbitration Agreement”):\n(i) the agreement must be in writing;\n(ii) the agreement must concern an existing dispute;\n(iii) the agreement must not seek to alter or vary any provision of the Scheme;\n(iv) the agreement must have been reached either:\n(a) where a conciliation officer has taken action under section 18 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (a “Conciliated Agreement”) or\n(b) through a compromise agreement, where the conditions regulating such agreements under the Employment Rights Act 1996 are satisfied (a “Compromise Agreement”);\n(v) the agreement must be accompanied by a completed Waiver Form for each party, in the form of Appendix A.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1185/schedule/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:14.009366+00:00"
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  "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."
}