# The Labour Relations Agency Arbitration Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2012, Paragraph 18: Requirements for entry into the Scheme


Any agreement to submit a dispute to arbitration under the Scheme (“an Arbitration Agreement”):
(a) must be in writing;
(b) must concern an existing dispute;
(c) must not seek to alter or vary any provision of the Scheme;
(d) must have been reached either:
(i) where the LRA has taken action under Article 20 of the Industrial Tribunals (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 or Article 88 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (a “Conciliated Settlement”); or
(ii) through a compromise agreement, where the conditions regulating such agreements under the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 are satisfied (a “Compromise Agreement”); and
(e) must include a waiver of rights to bring the dispute before an industrial tribunal or the Fair Employment Tribunal as specified at Appendix A;
(f) must be completed by or on behalf of each party;
(g) must include all other information specified at Appendix A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/301/schedule/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/labour-relations-agency-arbitration-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2012/schedule/paragraph-18
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