{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-protected-persons-pensions-regulations-1994/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-protected-persons-pensions-regulations-1994/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3070",
  "legislation_title": "The Coal Industry (Protected Persons) Pensions Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-protected-persons-pensions-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Arbitration",
  "text": "(1) Any dispute arising under these Regulations between a protected person and the employer of that protected person or a person owing a duty to that protected person under regulation 15 or between the persons referred to in regulation 15, shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.\n(2) Any party to a dispute (“the applicant”) may serve notice on the other party (“the respondent”)—\n(a) specifying the nature of the dispute;\n(b) referring to this regulation; and\n(c) nominating a person who is willing to act as arbitrator of the dispute.\n(3) The respondent shall within 28 days of the serving of any notice under the preceding paragraph notify the applicant in writing either that he approves the person nominated as arbitrator or that he wishes to nominate an alternative arbitrator who is willing to act, specifying that person.\n(4) If the applicant and the respondent have not agreed the person to be appointed as arbitrator within 56 days of the serving of notice under paragraph (2), either party may request the President of the Law Society to appoint a person to act as arbitrator of the dispute.\n(5) Any person who gives or receives a notice under this regulation shall as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter send a copy of any such notice to each person on whom a duty is imposed by these Regulations in respect of the protected person to whom the dispute relates.\n(6) In the application of this regulation to arbitration proceedings which are subject to the law of Scotland—\n(a) references to an arbitrator shall be construed as references to an arbiter; and\n(b) the reference to the President of the Law Society shall be construed as a reference to the President of the Law Society of Scotland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3070/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:21:48.722289+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}