Section 7 Application and interpretation of certain provisions of Part I of principal Act.

England and Wales

(1)

References in the following provisions of Part I of the principal Act to that Part of that Act shall have effect as if the preceding provisions of this Act were included in that Part, namely,—

(a)

section 14 (interim awards);

(b)

section 28 (terms as to costs of orders);

(c)

section 30 (Crown to be bound);

(d)

section 31 (application to statutory arbitrations); and

(e)

section 32 (meaning of “arbitration agreement”).

(2)

Subsections (2) and (3) of section 29 of the principal Act shall apply to determine when an arbitration is deemed to be commenced for the purposes of this Act.

(3)

For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the reference in subsection (1) of section 31 of the principal Act (statutory arbitrations) to arbitration under any other Act does not extend to arbitration under F1section 64 of the County Courts Act 1984 (cases in which proceedings are to be or may be referred to arbitration) and accordingly nothing in this Act or in Part I of the principal Act applies to arbitration under the said section 92.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words substituted by County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28, SIF 34), s. 148(1), Sch. 2 para. 70

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (31.1.1997) by 1996 c. 23, s. 107(2), Sch.4; S.I. 1996/3146, art.3 (with transitional provisions in art.4, Sch.2)