Section 54: Date of award.

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 tribunal may decide what is to be taken to be the date on which the award was made.

In the absence of any such decision, the date of the award shall be taken to be the date on which it is signed by the arbitrator or, where more than one arbitrator signs the award, by the last of them.

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