Section 8 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.

United Kingdom

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act 1975.

C1(2)

The following provisions of the Arbitration Act 1975 are hereby repealed, that is to say—

(a)

section 4(2);

(b)

in section 28 the proviso;

(c)

in section 30 the words “(except the provisions of subsection (2) of section 4 thereof)”;

(d)

in section 31(2) the words “subsection (2) of section 4” ; and

(e)

in section 34 the words from the beginning to “save as aforesaid”.

C2(3)

This Act shall come into operation on such date as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

(4)

This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

Annotations

C1: The text of section 8(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
C2: Power of appointment fully exercised: 23.12.1975 appointed by S.I. 1975/1662

F1: Act repealed (E.W., N.I.) (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 107(2), Sch. 4; S.I. 1996/3146, art. 3; Act repealed (S.) (7.6.2010 other than for the purposes of statutory arbitration) by Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 1), s. 29, Sch. 2 (with ss. 30, 34, 36); S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2 (with art. 3)