Mandatory Provisions of Part I

• sections 9 to 11 (stay of legal proceedings);
• section 12 (power of court to extend agreed time limits);
• section 13 (application of Limitation Acts);
• section 24 (power of court to remove arbitrator);
• section 26(1) (effect of death of arbitrator);
• section 28 (liability of parties for fees and expenses of arbitrators);
• section 29 (immunity of arbitrator);
• section 31 (objection to substantive jurisdiction of tribunal);
• section 32 (determination of preliminary point of jurisdiction);
• section 33 (general duty of tribunal);
• section 37(2) (items to be treated as expenses of arbitrators);
• section 40 (general duty of parties);
• section 43 (securing the attendance of witnesses);
• section 56 (power to withhold award in case of non-payment);
• section 60 (effectiveness of agreement for payment of costs in any event);
• section 66 (enforcement of award);
• sections 67 and 68 (challenging the award: substantive jurisdiction and serious irregularity), and sections 70 and 71 (supplementary provisions; effect of order of court) so far as relating to those sections;
• section 72 (saving for rights of person who takes no part in proceedings);
• section 73 (loss of right to object);
• section 74 (immunity of arbitral institutions, &c.);
• section 75 (charge to secure payment of solicitors’ costs).