New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LIMITATION ACT 1969 - SECT 72

72 Commencement

(1) For the purposes of this Division--

(a) where the provisions for arbitration require or permit a party to the arbitration to give notice in writing to another party--

(i) requiring the other party to appoint or concur in appointing an arbitrator, or

(ii) requiring the other party to submit or concur in submitting a difference or matter to a person named or designated in the provisions for arbitration as arbitrator, or

(b) where, in a case to which paragraph (a) does not apply, a party to the arbitration takes a step required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration for the purpose of bringing a difference or matter before an arbitrator and gives to another party notice in writing of the taking of the step,

the arbitration is commenced, as between the party giving the notice and the party to whom the notice is given, on the date on which the notice is given.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the date on which a notice is given is the date, or the earlier or earliest of the dates, when the party giving the notice--

(a) delivers it to the party to whom it is to be given,

(b) leaves it at the usual or last-known place of business or of abode of the party to whom it is to be given,

(c) posts it by the certified mail service to the party to whom it is to be given at the party's usual or last-known place of business or of abode, or

(d) gives the notice in a manner required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration.