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SCHEDULE 1SScottish Arbitration Rules

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 1 excluded by 1962 c. 46, s. 74(6)(f) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 4(2))

C2Sch. 1 excluded by 1962 c. 46, Sch. 7 para. 17(5) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 4(4))

C7Sch. 1 excluded by 1977 c. 37, s. 130(8) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 5)

C8Sch. 1: power to exclude or restrict conferred by 2007 c. 15, Sch. 5 para. 14 (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 8)

C10Sch. 1 excluded by 1949 c. 87, s. 67(4) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 2)

C11Sch. 1 excluded by 1996 c. 17, s. 6(2) (as amended (5.6.2010) by The Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/220), art. 1, sch. para. 7)

Part 1SCommencement and constitution of tribunal etc.

Rule 10 Challenge to appointment of arbitrator DS

10(1)A party may object to the tribunal about the appointment of an arbitrator.S

(2)An objection is competent only if—

(a)it is made on the ground that the arbitrator—

(i)is not impartial and independent,

(ii)has not treated the parties fairly, or

(iii)does not have a qualification which the parties agreed (before the arbitrator's appointment) that the arbitrator must have,

(b)it states the facts on which it is based,

(c)it is made within 14 days of the objector becoming aware of those facts, and

(d)notice of it is given to the other party.

(3)The tribunal may deal with an objection by confirming or revoking the appointment.

(4)If the tribunal fails to make a decision within 14 days of a competent objection being made, the appointment is revoked.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 rule 10 in force at 7.6.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)