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Section 42: Enforcement of peremptory orders of tribunal or emergency arbitrator.

Arbitration Act 1996 · 1996 c. 23View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement

Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, the court may make an order requiring a party to comply with a peremptory order made by the tribunal or (as the case may be) the emergency arbitrator.

An application for an order under this section may be made—

by the tribunal or the emergency arbitrator (upon notice to the parties),
by a party to the arbitral proceedings with the permission of the tribunal or the emergency arbitrator (and upon notice to the other parties), or
where the parties have agreed that the powers of the court under this section shall be available.

The court shall not act unless it is satisfied that the applicant has exhausted any available arbitral process in respect of failure to comply with the peremptory order.

No order shall be made under this section unless the court is satisfied that the person to whom the peremptory order was directed has failed to comply with it within the time prescribed in the order or, if no time was prescribed, within a reasonable time.

The leave of the court is required for any appeal from a decision of the court under this section.

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