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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1979-repealed-3111997/section-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/42",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration Act 1979 (repealed 31.1.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1979-repealed-3111997",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Minor amendments relating to awards and appointment of arbitrators and umpires.",
  "text": "(1) In subsection (1) of section 8 of the principal Act (agreements where reference is to two arbitrators deemed to include provision that the arbitrators shall appoint an umpire immediately after their own appointment)—\n(a) for the words “shall appoint an umpire immediately”there shall be substituted the words “ may appoint an umpire at any time” ; and\n(b) at the end there shall be added the words “and shall do so forthwith if they cannot agree”.\n(2) For section 9 of the principal Act (agreements for reference to three arbitrators) there shall be substituted the following section:—\n“ Majority award of three arbitrators.\n9 Unless the contrary intention is expressed in the arbitration agreement, in any case where there is a reference to three arbitrators, the award of any two of the arbitrators shall be binding.”\n(3) In section 10 of the principal Act (power of court in certain cases to appoint an arbitrator or umpire) in paragraph (c) after the word “are”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “required or are” and the words from “or where” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted.\n(4) At the end of section 10 of the principal Act there shall be added the following subsection:—\n“(2) In any case where—\n(a) an arbitration agreement provides for the appointment of an arbitrator or umpire by a person who is neither one of the parties nor an existing arbitrator (whether the provision applies directly or in default of agreement by the parties or otherwise), and\n(b) that person refuses to make the appointment or does not make it within the time specified in the agreement or, if no time is so specified, within a reasonable time,\nany party to the agreement may serve the person in question with a written notice to appoint an arbitrator or umpire and, if the appointment is not made within seven clear days after the service of the notice, the High Court or a judge thereof may, on the application of the party who gave the notice, appoint an arbitrator or umpire who shall have the like powers to act in the reference and make an award as if he had been appointed in accordance with the terms of the agreement.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of section 6(1) 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "The text of section 6(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."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "The text of section 6(3) 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "The text of section 6(4) 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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/42/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:11.783634+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."
}