{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950/section-19A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950/section-19A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/27",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration Act 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1950",
  "path": "section/19A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19A",
  "heading": "Power of arbitrator to award interest.",
  "text": "(1) Unless a contrary intention is expressed therein, every arbitration agreement shall, where such a provision is applicable to the reference, be deemed to contain a provision that the arbitrator or umpire may, if he thinks fit, award simple interest at such rate as he thinks fit—\n(a) on any sum which is the subject of the reference but which is paid before the award, for such period ending not later than the date of the payment as he thinks fit; and\n(b) on any sum which he awards, for such period ending not later than the date of the award as he thinks fit.\n(2) The power to award interest conferred on an arbitrator or umpire by subsection (1) above is without prejudice to any other power of an arbitrator or umpire to award interest.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19A inserted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53, SIF 37), s. 15, Sch. 1 Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 19A applied (1.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1022, art. 32"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/27/section/19A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:56.463257+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."
  }
}