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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-international-investment-disputes-act-1966/schedule/part-5/chapter-2/crossheading-article-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1966/41",
  "legislation_title": "Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/arbitration-international-investment-disputes-act-1966",
  "path": "schedule/part/5/chapter/2/crossheading/article-38",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 38",
  "text": "If the Tribunal shall not have been constituted within 90 days after notice of registration of the request has been dispatched by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph (3) of Article 36, or such other period as the parties may agree, the Chairman shall, at the request of either party and after consulting both parties as far as possible, appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators not yet appointed. Arbitrators appointed by the Chairman pursuant to this Article shall not be nationals of the Contracting State party to the dispute or of the Contracting State whose national is a party to the dispute.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/41/schedule/part/5/chapter/2/crossheading/article-38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:19.888257+00:00"
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  "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."
}