The ACAS (Flexible Working) Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004 No. 2333

Transitional provision

6.—(1) The Scheme has effect in any case where the appropriate date falls on or after 1^st October 2004.

(2) In a case where the appropriate date falls before 1^st October 2004, the arbitration scheme set out in the Schedule to the ACAS (Flexible Working) Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2003 continues to apply.

(3) In this article—the

“appropriate date” means the date of signature of the Arbitration Agreement. Where the parties sign the Arbitration Agreement on different dates, the appropriate date is the date of the first signature.

“Arbitration Agreement” means an agreement to submit the dispute to arbitration, as defined in paragraph 26 of the Scheme.