Paragraph 74 I1

(1)

An arbitral appointments referee, or other third party who the parties ask to appoint or nominate an arbitrator, is not liable—

(a)

for anything done or omitted in the performance, or purported performance, of that function (unless the act or omission is shown to have been in bad faith), or

(b)

for the acts or omissions of—

(i)

any arbitrator whom it nominates or appoints, or

(ii)

the tribunal of which such an arbitrator forms part (or any clerk, agent or employee of that tribunal).

(2)

This rule applies to an arbitral appointments referee's, or other third party's, agents and employees as it applies to the referee or other third party.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 rule 74 in force at 7.6.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1: Sch. 1 excluded by 1962 c. 46, s. 74(6)(f) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 4(2))
C2: Sch. 1 excluded by 1962 c. 46, Sch. 7 para. 17(5) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 4(4))
C3: Sch. 1 excluded by 1961 c. 34, s. 171 (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 3)
C4: Sch. 1 excluded by 1962 c. 46, s. 81(7) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 4(3))
C5: Sch. 1 excluded by 1992 c. 52, s. 212(5) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 6(2))
C6: Sch. 1 excluded by 1992 c. 52, s. 263(6) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 6(3))
C7: Sch. 1 excluded by 1977 c. 37, s. 130(8) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 5)
C8: Sch. 1: power to exclude or restrict conferred by 2007 c. 15, Sch. 5 para. 14 (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 8)
C9: Sch. 1 excluded by 1949 c. 39, s. 8(2) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 1)
C10: Sch. 1 excluded by 1949 c. 87, s. 67(4) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 2)
C11: Sch. 1 excluded by 1996 c. 17, s. 6(2) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 7)
C12: Sch. 1 excluded (17.8.2023) by The Police Negotiating Board for Scotland (Constitution, Arbitration and Qualifying Cases) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/199), regs. 1(1), 3