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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/27",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration Act 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Authority of arbitrators and umpires to be irrevocable.",
  "text": "The authority of an arbitrator or umpire appointed by or by virtue of an arbitration agreement shall, unless a contrary intention is expressed in the agreement, be irrevocable except by leave of the High Court or a judge thereof.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1 applied (1.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1022, art. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/27/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:46:10.322696+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}