(1)Any difference under any provision of this Act (other than a difference which falls to be determined by the tribunal or Scottish Ministers) shall be referred by either party to the dispute to and settled by a single arbiter to be agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, to be appointed on the application of either party (after notice in writing to the other) by the President for the time being of the Institute of Civil Engineers, and the arbiter shall be entitled to state a case for the opinion of the Court of Session pursuant to section 3 (Power of arbiter to state case to Court of Session) of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 59).
(2)Section 108 (Right to refer disputes to adjudication) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c. 53) and any regulations made under that section shall not apply to the authorised works.