Part II Other provisions relating to arbitration
Domestic arbitration agreements
85 Modification of Part I in relation to domestic arbitration agreement.
1
In the case of a domestic arbitration agreement the provisions of Part I are modified in accordance with the following sections.
2
For this purpose a “domestic arbitration agreement” means an arbitration agreement to which none of the parties is—
a
an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, a state other than the United Kingdom, or
b
a body corporate which is incorporated in, or whose central control and management is exercised in, a state other than the United Kingdom,
and under which the seat of the arbitration (if the seat has been designated or determined) is in the United Kingdom.
3
In subsection (2) “arbitration agreement” and “seat of the arbitration” have the same meaning as in Part I (see sections 3, 5(1) and 6).