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International Arbitration Act 1974
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C2009C00568
07 December 2009
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05 July 2010
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Part I—Preliminary
1 Short title of Principal Act [see Note 1]
2 Commencement [see Note 1]
2A Territories
2B Crown to be bound
2C Carriage of goods by sea
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Part II—Enforcement of foreign awards
3 Interpretation
7 Enforcement of foreign arbitration agreements
8 Recognition of foreign awards
9 Evidence of awards and arbitration agreements
10 Evidence relating to Convention
10A Delegation by Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
12 Effect of this Part on other laws
13 Judiciary Act
14 Application of Part
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Part III—International Commercial Arbitration
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Division 1—Preliminary
15 Interpretation
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Division 2—Model Law
16 Model Law to have force of law
17 Interpretation of Model Law—use of extrinsic material
18 Courts specified for purposes of Article 6 of Model Law
19 Articles 34 and 36 of Model Law—public policy
20 Chapter VIII of Model Law not to apply in certain cases
21 Settlement of dispute otherwise than in accordance with Model Law
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Division 3—Optional provisions
22 Application of optional provisions
23 Orders under Article 17 of the Model Law
24 Consolidation of arbitral proceedings
25 Interest up to making of award
26 Interest on debt under award
27 Costs
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Division 4—Miscellaneous
28 Liability of arbitrator
29 Representation in proceedings
30 Application of Part
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Part IV—Application of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
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Division 1—Preliminary
31 Interpretation
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Division 2—Investment Convention
32 Application of Investment Convention to Australia
33 Award is binding
34 Investment Convention awards to prevail over other laws
35 Recognition of awards
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Division 3—Miscellaneous
36 Evidence relating to Investment Convention
37 Representation in proceedings
38 Judiciary Act
Schedule 1—United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Schedule 2—UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985)
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Schedule 3—Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT International Arbitration Act 1974