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LIMITATION ACT 2005 - SECT 88

88 .         Arbitrations — commencement

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act —

            (a)         if an arbitration provision requires or permits 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)         if, in a case to which paragraph (a) does not apply, a party to the arbitration takes a step required or permitted by an arbitration provision 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 to be taken to have commenced, as between the party giving the notice and the party to whom the notice is given, when the notice is given.

        (2)         For the purpose of subsection (1), a notice is given when the notice is given —

            (a)         in accordance with the Interpretation Act 1984 section 76; or

            (b)         in a manner required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration,

                whichever occurs first.

        [Heading inserted: No. 3 of 2018 s. 12.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 3 of 2018 s. 12.]



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