25(1)Section 22 (settlement of claims for disputes) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (3), for the words from “the President” to the end substitute “ a professional authority for the appointment of an arbitrator by that authority ”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)A party may not make an application to a professional authority under subsection (3) above in relation to a claim if the other party has already made an application to a professional authority under that subsection in relation to that claim.”
(4)In subsection (4)—
(a)in paragraph (b), after “as an application” insert “ to the same professional authority ”;
(b)in the words after paragraph (b), for “the President of the RICS” substitute “ the professional authority ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 25 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)