Article 61A Appeals from decisions under Part I of Arbitration Act 1996F1

(1)

Article 61 does not apply to a decision of a county court judge made in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996.

(2)

Any party dissatisfied with a decision of the county court made in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by any of the following provisions of Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996, namely—

(a)

section 32 (question as to substantive jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal);

(b)

section 45 (question of law arising in course of arbitral proceedings);

(c)

section 67 (challenging award of arbitral tribunal: substantive jurisdiction);

(d)

section 68 (challenging award of arbitral tribunal: serious irregularity);

(e)

section 69 (appeal on point of law),

may, subject to the provisions of that Part, appeal from that decision to the Court of Appeal.

(3)

Any party dissatisfied with any decision of a county court made in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred by any other provision of Part I of the Arbitration Act 1996 may, subject to the provisions of that Part, appeal from that decision to the High Court.

(4)

The decision of the Court of Appeal on an appeal under paragraph (2) shall be final.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1996 c. 23