Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010

Rule 45 Court's power to order attendance of witnesses and disclosure of evidence MS

45(1)The court may, on an application by the tribunal or any party, order any person—S

(a)to attend a hearing for the purposes of giving evidence to the tribunal, or

(b)to disclose documents or other material evidence to the tribunal.

(2)But the court may not order a person to give any evidence, or to disclose anything, which the person would be entitled to refuse to give or disclose in civil proceedings.

(3)The tribunal may continue with the arbitration pending determination of an application.

(4)The court's decision on whether to make an order is final.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 rule 45 in force at 7.6.2010 for specified purposes by S.S.I. 2010/195, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)