http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/4/section/17Arbitration Act 2025Statute Law Database2025-08-01Expert Participation2025-08-01 17 1 This section and sections 16 and 18 come into force on the day on which this Act is passed. 2 The rest of this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint. 3 The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act. 4 Subject to any transitional or saving provision made under subsection (3), an amendment made by sections 1 to 14— a does not apply to— i arbitral proceedings commenced before the day on which the section making the amendment comes into force (“pre-commencement arbitral proceedings”), ii court proceedings (whenever commenced) in connection with pre-commencement arbitral proceedings or an award made in pre-commencement arbitral proceedings, or iii any other court proceedings commenced before the day on which the section making the amendment comes into force; b otherwise applies in relation to an arbitration agreement whenever made. 5 A power to make regulations under this section includes power to make different provision for different purposes. 6 Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument. 7 In this section “arbitration agreement” means an arbitration agreement within the meaning of section 6 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to which Part 1 of that Act applies (see section 5 of that Act). S. 17 in force at 24.2.2025, see s. 17(1)