Part VI MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Miscellaneous provisions

148 Amendment of Arbitration Act 1979. C1

1

The M1Arbitration Act 1979 shall be amended as follows.

2

In section 1 (judicial review of arbitration awards), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—

6A

Unless the High Court gives leave, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the High Court—

a

to grant or refuse leave under subsection (3)(b) or (5)(b) above; or

b

to make or not to make an order under subsection (5) above.

3

In section 2 (determination of preliminary point of law by court)—

a

after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

2A

Unless the High Court gives leave, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the High Court to entertain or not to entertain an application under subsection (1)(a) above.

b

in subsection (3), for “this section” there shall be substituted “subsection (1) above”.

4

The amendments made by this section shall not have effect as regards decisions of the High Court pronounced before the commencement of this Act.