{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1996/section-83",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1996/section-83.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/23",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-act-1996",
  "path": "section/83",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "83",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part I.",
  "text": "In this Part the expressions listed below are defined or otherwise explained by the provisions indicated—\nagreement, agree and agreed\nsection 5(1)\nagreement in writing\nsection 5(2) to (5)\narbitration agreement\nsections 6 and 5(1)\narbitrator\nsection 82(1)\navailable arbitral process\nsection 82(1)\nclaimant\nsection 82(1)\ncommencement (in relation to arbitral proceedings)\nsection 14\ncosts of the arbitration\nsection 59\nthe court\nsection 105\ndispute\nsection 82(1)\nemergency arbitrator\nsection 82(1) (and see section 41A (1))\nenactment\nsection 82(1)\nlegal proceedings\nsection 82(1)\nLimitation Acts\nsection 13(4)\nnotice (or other document)\nsection 76(6)\nparty—\n—in relation to an arbitration agreement\nsection 82(2)\n—where section 106(2) or (3) applies\nsection 106(4)\nperemptory order\nsection 82(1) (and see section 41(5))\npremises\nsection 82(1)\nquestion of law\nsection 82(1)\nrecoverable costs\nsections 63 and 64\nseat of the arbitration\nsection 3\nserve and service (of notice or other document)\nsection 76(6)\nsubstantive jurisdiction (in relation to an arbitral tribunal)\nsection 82(1) (and see section 30(1)(a) to (c))\nupon notice (to the parties or the tribunal)\nsection 80\nwritten and in writing\nsection 5(6)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 83 inserted (1.8.2025) by Arbitration Act 2025 (c. 4), ss. 8(7), 17(2); S.I. 2025/905, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/23/section/83",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:08.783387+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."
  }
}