{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/753",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where an Arbitration Agreement is not notified to ACAS within two weeks, ACAS will not arrange for the appointment of an arbitrator under the Scheme, unless notification within that time was not reasonably practicable. Any party seeking to notify ACAS of an Arbitration Agreement outside this period must explain in writing to the ACAS Arbitration Section the reason for the delay. ACAS shall appoint an arbitrator, in accordance with the appointment provisions below, to consider the explanation, and that arbitrator may seek the views of the other party, and may call both parties to a hearing to establish the reasons for the delay. The arbitrator shall then rule in an award on whether or not the agreement can be accepted for hearing under the Scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 31 in force at 6.4.2004, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/753/schedule/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:29:39.413047+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."
}