Part 2: Arbitration Arbitration awards Section 17: Timing of arbitrator’s award
This section makes provision in relation to the time in which arbitrators must make an award. Subsection (1) provides the timings where no oral hearing has been held. In that case, where both parties have put forward final proposals (as defined in section 14(11)), the award should be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the day on which the latest final proposal has been received. Otherwise, the award should be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the last day on which a revised formal proposal can be made (as outlined in section 11(4)).
	In each case where an oral hearing is held, the arbitrator must make an award within 14 days of the hearing concluding. Subsection (3) states that this period can be extended if both parties agree to it, or the arbitrator considers it reasonable in all the circumstances.