PART 1
Arbitration Act 2010 | Legislation

PART 1
Preliminary and General

SECTION 1

Short title and commencement.

1.— (1) This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act 2010.

(2) This Act shall come into operation 3 months after its passing.

SECTION 2

Interpretation.

2.— (1) In this Act:

"arbitration" means—

(a) an international commercial arbitration, or

(b) an arbitration which is not an international commercial arbitration;

"arbitration agreement" shall be construed in accordance with Option 1 of Article 7;

"award" includes a partial award;

"consumer" means a natural person, whether in the State or not, who is acting for purposes outside the person]s trade, business or profession;

"Geneva Convention" means the Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards done at Geneva on the 26th day of September, 1927, the text of which is set out

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