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Section 4 Arbiters may devolve on oversmen unless otherwise agreed.C2C1

Scotland

Unless the agreement to refer shall otherwise provide, arbiters shall have power to name an oversman on whom the reference shall be devolved in the event of their differing in opinion. Should the arbiters fail to agree in the nomination of an oversman, the court may on the application of any party to the agreement, appoint an oversman. The decision of such oversman, whether he has been named by the arbiters or appointed by the court, shall be final.

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Modifications

C1

S. 4 excluded (8.5.1998) by 1997 c. 66, s. 43(3); S.I. 1998/1028, art. 2

C2

S. 4 excluded by Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14), s. 10(4)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (7.6.2010) by Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 1), ss. 29, 35(2), Sch. 2 (with ss. 30, 34, 36); S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2(1) (with art. 3)