Arbitration (International Commercial) Act, 1998

PART II

International Commercial Arbitration

Interpretation of this Part.

3.—(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“arbitration agreement” means an arbitration agreement concerning international commercial arbitration;

“award” includes an interim award;

“international commercial arbitration” means arbitration to which the Model Law applies;

“the Model Law” means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985), the text in the English language of which is set out in the Schedule .

(2) Terms and expressions that are used in this Part and defined in the Model Law have the same meaning in this Part as in that Law unless the context otherwise requires.