{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/33",
  "legislation_title": "State Immunity Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Arbitrations.",
  "text": "(1) Where a State has agreed in writing to submit a dispute which has arisen, or may arise, to arbitration, the State is not immune as respects proceedings in the courts of the United Kingdom which relate to the arbitration.\n(2) This section has effect subject to any contrary provision in the arbitration agreement and does not apply to any arbitration agreement between States.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/33/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:51.440596+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}