http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/section/7/enactedMerchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982LegislationKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-02-04 7 1 Legal proceedings arising out of a dispute relating to the application or operation of the Code may be brought in the United Kingdom only in the High Court or the Court of Session ; and in this section " the court" means either of those courts. 2 Proceedings arising out of a dispute to which Article 23, paragraph 2 applies (disputes to be resolved within the framework of the national jurisdiction concerned) shall not be entertained by the court except as permitted by that paragraph. 3 The court shall stay proceedings before it if on the application of a party to the proceedings, made after appearance but before delivering any pleadings or taking any other steps in the proceedings, it is shown that the proceedings arise out of a dispute to which Article 23, paragraph 4 applies and that— a the dispute has not been referred to conciliation in accordance with that paragraph or has been so referred and conciliation proceedings are still in progress; or b the parties to the dispute have made an agreement to which Article 25, paragraph 1 applies (agreed procedures in lieu of conciliation) which is capable of being, or has been, performed. 4 The court may attach to a stay granted under subsection (3) such conditions as appear to it appropriate, in particular conditions with respect to the institution or prosecution of conciliation or other proceedings; and the court may remove a stay granted under that subsection if any such condition is not complied with or if at any time it appears to the court that the circumstances are such that a new application for the stay would not be granted. 5 In relation to an arbitration agreement to which Article 25, paragraph 1 applies, subsections (3) and (4) apply in place of section 4(1) of the Arbitration Act 1950, section 4 of the Arbitration Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 and section 1(1) of the Arbitration Act 1975 (which also provide for the staying of legal proceedings). 6 In the application of this section to Scotland, for the references to staying proceedings substitute references to sisting proceedings. 1950 c. 27. 1937 c. 8 (N.I.). 1975 c. 3.