# Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996 has effect in relation to arbitrations under this Act as if —
(a) in section 20 (chairman), in subsection (3), at the beginning there were inserted “Where there is a chairman,”;
(b) in section 22 (decision-making where no chairman), in subsection (2) for “If there is no such agreement” there were substituted “Where there are two or more arbitrators with no chairman”;
(c) in section 34 (procedural and evidential matters), in subsection (1) after “matters”, there were inserted “(including in relation to oral hearings held in public)”;
(d) in section 35 (consolidation of proceedings and concurrent hearings), in subsection (2), for the words from “Unless” to “has no” there were substituted “The tribunal also has”;
(e) in section 37 (power to appoint experts, legal advisers or assessors), in subsection (1)(a), after “tribunal may” there were inserted “, where agreed by the parties”;
(f) in section 68 (challenging the award: serious irregularity), in subsection (2)(c), the words “procedure agreed by the parties” were substituted by “statutory procedure”;
(g) in section 74 (immunity of arbitral institutions)—
(i) in subsection (1), for “appoint or nominate” there were substituted “appoint, nominate or remove”;
(ii) in subsection (2), for “appointed or nominated”, in both places, there were substituted “appointed, nominated or removed”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/12/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commercial-rent-coronavirus-act-2022/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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