Arbitration agreements

5Separability

(1)

An arbitration agreement which forms (or was intended to form) part only of an agreement is to be treated as a distinct agreement.

(2)

An arbitration agreement is not void, voidable or otherwise unenforceable only because the agreement of which it forms part is void, voidable or otherwise unenforceable.

(3)

A dispute about the validity of an agreement which includes an arbitration agreement may be arbitrated in accordance with that arbitration agreement.