PART VI

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Miscellaneous provisions

Amendment of Arbitration Act 1979
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1
The Arbitration Act 1979 shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 1 (judicial review of arbitration awards), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted—
6A
Unless the High Court gives leave, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the High Court—
a
to grant or refuse leave under subsection (3)(b) or (5)(b) above ; or
b
to make or not to make an order under subsection (5) above.
.
3
In section 2 (determination of preliminary point of law by court)—
a
after subsection (2) there shall be inserted—
2A
Unless the High Court gives leave, no appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from a decision of the High Court to entertain or not to entertain an application under subsection (1)(a) above.
; and
b
in subsection (3), for " this section" there shall be substituted " subsection (1) above ".
4
The amendments made by this section shall not have effect as regards decisions of the High Court pronounced before the commencement of this Act.
1979 c. 42.