Supplementary
24Arbitral appointments referee
1
Ministers may, by order, authorise persons or types of person who may act as an arbitral appointments referee for the purposes of the Scottish Arbitration Rules.
2
Ministers must, when making such an order, have regard to the desirability of ensuring that arbitral appointments referees—
a
have experience relevant to making arbitral appointments, and
b
are able to provide training, and to operate disciplinary procedures, designed to ensure that arbitrators conduct themselves appropriately.
3
Despite subsection (2)(b), an arbitral appointments referee is not obliged to appoint arbitrators in respect of whom the referee provides training or operates disciplinary procedures.