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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7</dc:identifier><dc:title>Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to give effect to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road signed at Geneva on 19th May 1956; and for purposes connected therewith.</dc:description><dc:date>1981-03-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2015-07-14</dc:modified><dct:valid>1997-01-31</dct:valid>
					
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RestrictStartDate="1997-01-31"><Title> Arbitrations.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7" id="section-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/1" id="section-7-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any reference in the preceding provisions of this Act to a court includes a reference to an arbitration tribunal acting by virtue of article 33 in the Schedule to this Act.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2" id="section-7-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>For the purposes of article 32 in the Schedule to this Act, as it has effect (by virtue of the said article 33) in relation to arbitrations,—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2/a" id="section-7-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="d29p200" CommentaryRef="c657629">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="d29p200" CommentaryRef="c657629">as respects England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the provisions of section 14(3) to (5) of the Arbitration Act 1996 (which determine the time at which an arbitration is commenced) apply;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/b" id="section-7-b"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c657630"/>b</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . .</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/b/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/b/c" id="section-7-b-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>as respects Scotland, an arbitration shall be deemed to be commenced when one party to the arbitration serves on the other party or parties a notice requiring him or them to appoint an arbiter or to agree to the appointment of an arbiter or, where the arbitration agreement provides that the reference shall be to a person named or designated in the agreement, requiring him or them to submit the dispute to the person so named or designated.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c657629" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00007" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2/a" SectionRef="section-7-2-a">S. 7(2)(a)</CitationSubRef> substituted (31.1.1997) for s. 7(2)(a)(b) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23" id="c00008" Year="1996" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23">1996 c. 23</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00009" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/section/107/1" CitationRef="c00008" SectionRef="section-107-1">s. 107(1)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00010" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/schedule/3/paragraph/21" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00008" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-21">Sch. 3 para. 21</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00011" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/section/81/2" CitationRef="c00008" SectionRef="section-81-2">s. 81(2)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146" id="c00012" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="3146">S.I. 1996/3146</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00013" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/article/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00012" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00014" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/article/4" CitationRef="c00012" SectionRef="article-4">art 4</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00015" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/schedule/2" CitationRef="c00012" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c657630" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c00016" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1965/37/section/7/2/b" SectionRef="section-7-2-b">S. 7(2)(b)</CitationSubRef> repealed (31.1.1997) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23" id="c00017" Year="1996" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="23">1996 c. 23</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00018" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/section/107/2" CitationRef="c00017" SectionRef="section-107-2">s. 107(2)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00019" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/schedule/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00017" SectionRef="schedule-4">Sch. 4</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00020" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/23/section/81/2" CitationRef="c00017" SectionRef="section-81-2">s. 81(2)</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146" id="c00021" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="3146">S.I. 1996/3146</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00022" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/article/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00021" SectionRef="article-3">art. 3</CitationSubRef> (with <CitationSubRef id="c00023" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/article/4" CitationRef="c00021" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00024" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/3146/schedule/2" CitationRef="c00021" SectionRef="schedule-2">Sch. 2</CitationSubRef>)</Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>