Section 2
Interpretation
(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“appointing authority” means the appointing authority designated under section 13(8) or (9);
“arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator, a panel of arbitrators or an arbitral institution;
“arbitration agreement” has the meaning given to it by section 4(1);
“award” means a decision of the arbitral tribunal on the substance of the dispute and includes any interim, interlocutory or partial award, but excludes any order or direction made under section 28;
“Court” means the High Court;
“court”, for the purposes of sections 6, 7, 8, 11(1), 55, 56 and 57, means the High Court, an Intermediate Court, a Court of a Magistrate or any other court in which the proceedings referred to in those sections are instituted or heard;
“party” means a party to an arbitration agreement or, in any case where an arbitration does not involve all of the parties to the arbitration agreement, means a party to the arbitration;
Arbitration 10
“place of the arbitration” means the juridical seat of the arbitration designated by —
(a)
the parties to the arbitration agreement;
(b)
any arbitral or other institution or person authorised by the parties for that purpose; or
(c)
the arbitral tribunal as authorised by the parties, or determined, in the absence of any such designation, having regard to the arbitration agreement and all the relevant circumstances;
“Registrar of the Supreme Court” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Supreme Court Act (Chapter 5);
“Rules of Court” means the Rules of Court made by the
Chief Justice under this Act.
(2)
Where any provision in this Act allows the parties to determine any issue, the parties may authorise a third party, including an arbitral institution, to make that determination.
(3)
Where any provision in this Act refers to the fact that the parties have agreed or that they may agree or in any other way refers to an agreement of the parties, such agreement includes any arbitration rules incorporated in that agreement.
(4)
Where any provision in this Act refers to a claim, it also applies to a cross-claim or counterclaim, and where such provision refers to a defence, it also applies to a defence to any such cross-claim or counterclaim.