# The Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1984 S.I. 1984/1168 · made 31 July 1984 This Order specifies (in Schedule 1) States which are parties to the 1927 Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“the Geneva Convention ”), and which have satisfied Her Majesty that they have made reciprocal provisions. Arbitral awards made in such States are enforceable in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950 , except, where the State in question is also a New York Convention State, in so far as the award is enforceable under the Arbitration Act 1975. ## Introductory text ARBITRATION Made 31st July 1984 Coming into Operation 1st August 1984 At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 31st day of July 1984 Present, The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council Whereas a Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (hereinafter called “the Geneva Convention”) was, on 26th September 1927, signed at Geneva on behalf of His Late Majesty King George the Fifth: And whereas it is provided by section 35(1) of the Arbitration Act 1950 that Part II of that Act (which provides for the enforcement of certain foreign awards under the Geneva Convention ) applies to any award made after 28th July 1924— (a) in pursuance of an agreement for arbitration to which the Protocol set out in the First Schedule to that Act applies; and (b) between persons of whom one is subject to the jurisdiction of some one of such Powers as Her Majesty, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may by Order in Council declare to be parties to the Geneva Convention, and of whom the other is subject to the jurisdiction of some other of the Powers aforesaid; and (c) in one of such territories as Her Majesty, being satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made, may by Order in Council declare to be territories to which the Geneva Convention applies: And whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that reciprocal provisions have been made: And whereas a Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (hereinafter called “the New York Convention”) adopted on 10th June 1958 entered into force for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on 23rd December 1975: And whereas it is provided by section 7(2) of the Arbitration Act 1975(which Act provides for the enforcement of foreign awards under the New York Convention ) that if Her Majesty by Order in Council declares that any State specified in the Order is a party to the New York Convention the Order shall, while in force, be conclusive evidence that that State is a party to that Convention: Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in pursuance of the powers conferred upon Her by section 35(1) and (2) of the Arbitration Act 1950 and section 7(2) and (3) of the Arbitration Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased to declare, and it is hereby declared, as follows: ## 1 Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 1st August 1984. ## 2 Geneva Convention States (1) The Powers listed in Column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order are parties to the Geneva Convention. (2) The territories specified in Column 2 of the said Schedule are territories to which the Geneva Convention applies. ## 3 New York Convention States The States listed in Schedule 2 to this Order are parties to the New York Convention . ## 4 Revocation The Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1978 and the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1979 are hereby revoked. ## Signature N.E. Leigh Clerk of the Privy Council ## Schedule 1 GENEVA CONVENTION STATES Column 1 Column 2 Powers party to the Geneva Convention Territories to which the Geneva Convention applies The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Anguilla British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Dependencies Gibraltar Hong Kong Montserrat Turks and Caicos Islands Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Austria Austria Bahamas Bahamas Bangladesh Bangladesh Belgium Belgium Belize Belize Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Denmark Denmark Dominica Dominica Finland Finland France France Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Germany German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic Greece Greece Grenada Grenada Guyana Guyana India India Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Israel Israel Italy Italy Japan Japan Kenya Kenya Luxembourg Luxembourg Malta Malta Mauritius Mauritius Netherlands Netherlands (including Curacao) New Zealand New Zealand Pakistan Pakistan Portugal Portugal Romania Romania Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Christopher and Nevis St. Lucia St. Lucia Spain Spain Sweden Sweden Switzerland Switzerland Tanzania Tanzania Thailand Thailand Western Samoa Western Samoa Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Zambia Zambia ## Schedule 2 NEW YORK CONVENTION STATES Australia (including all the external territories for the international relations of which Australia is responsible) Austria Belgium Belize Benin Botswana Bulgaria Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Cambodia Central African Republic Chile Colombia Cuba Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands) Djibouti Ecuador Egypt Finland France (including all the territories of the French Republic) Federal Republic of Germany German Democratic Republic Ghana Greece Guatemala Haiti Holy See Hungary India Indonesia Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Korea Kuwait Luxembourg Madagascar Mexico Monaco Morocco Netherlands (including the Netherlands Antilles) New Zealand Niger Nigeria Norway Philippines Poland Romania San Marino South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Syria Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States of America (including all the territories for the international relations of which the United States of America is responsible) Uruguay Yugoslavia ## Explanatory note This Order specifies (in Schedule 1) States which are parties to the 1927 Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“the Geneva Convention ”), and which have satisfied Her Majesty that they have made reciprocal provisions. Arbitral awards made in such States are enforceable in the United Kingdom under Part II of the Arbitration Act 1950 , except, where the State in question is also a New York Convention State, in so far as the award is enforceable under the Arbitration Act 1975. The Order also specifies (in Schedule 2) States which are parties to the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (“the New York Convention”). Arbitral awards made in such States are enforceable in the United Kingdom under the Arbitration Act 1975. The Order replaces the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1978 and the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order 1979, which are revoked. The two Schedules have been revised to take account of the accession of certain States to the two Conventions and to take account of the independence of certain States which were formerly territories for whose international relations another State was responsible. The States now added as being parties to the Geneva Convention are: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belize; Dominica; Guyana; Malta; Saint Christopher and Nevis; St. Lucia; Western Samoa and Zambia. In respect of the New York Convention the additional States are: Belize; Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic; Colombia; Djibouti; Guatemala; Haiti; Jordan; Luxembourg; New Zealand; San Marino; Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic; Uruguay; and Yugoslavia. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1168 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-foreign-awards-order-1984 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.