- arbitration agreement
has the same meaning as in Part I;... • “eligible High Court judge” means— (a) a puisne judge of the High Court, or (b) a person acting as a judge of the High Court under or by virtue of section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;
- dispute
includes any difference;
- eligible High Court judge
means— (a) a puisne judge of the High Court, or (b) a person acting as a judge of the High Court under or by virtue of section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981;
- emergency arbitrator
means an individual appointed as mentioned in section 41A(1);
- enactment
includes an enactment contained in Northern Ireland legislation;
- judge-arbitrator
means an eligible High Court judge or official referee appointed as arbitrator or umpire under section 93.
- legal proceedings
means civil proceedings in England and Wales in the High Court or the county court or in Northern Ireland in the High Court or a county court;
- legislation
includes any provision of a legislative character;
- New York Convention award
means an award made, in pursuance of an arbitration agreement, in the territory of a state (other than the United Kingdom) which is a party to the New York Convention.
- official referee
means a person nominated under section 68(1)(a) of the Senior Courts Act 1981 to deal with official referees’ business.
- peremptory order
means an order made under section 41(5) or 41A(2), or made in exercise of any corresponding power conferred by the parties;
- premises
includes land, buildings, moveable structures, vehicles, vessels, aircraft and hovercraft;
- question of law
means— (a) for a court in England and Wales, a question of the law of England and Wales, and (b) for a court in Northern Ireland, a question of the law of Northern Ireland;
- the applicable date
means—
- the court
means the court which has jurisdiction in the bankruptcy proceedings.”
- the Limitation Acts
means—
- the New York Convention
means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards adopted by the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration on 10th June 1958.
- the Part
means Part 2 (unfair terms) of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
- the seat of the arbitration
means the juridical seat of the arbitration designated— or determined, in the absence of any such designation, having regard to the parties’ agreement and all the relevant circumstances.
- treaty
includes any international agreement (and any protocol or annex to a treaty or international agreement).