The tribunal may refuse to deliver an award to the parties except upon full payment of the fees and expenses of the arbitrators.
If the tribunal refuses on that ground to deliver an award, a party to the arbitral proceedings may (upon notice to the other parties and the tribunal) apply to the court, which may order that—
For this purpose the amount of fees and expenses properly payable is the amount the applicant is liable to pay under section 28 or any agreement relating to the payment of the arbitrators.
No application to the court may be made where there is any available arbitral process for appeal or review of the amount of the fees or expenses demanded.
References in this section to arbitrators include an arbitrator who has ceased to act and an umpire who has not replaced the other arbitrators.
The leave of the court is required for any appeal from a decision of the court under this section.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding an application under section 28 where payment has been made to the arbitrators in order to obtain the award.