Commentary on provisions of Act Miscellaneous minor amendments Section 15: Repeal of provisions relating to domestic arbitration agreements
Sections 85 to 88 of the 1996 Act concern domestic arbitration agreements, which is when all the parties are from the United Kingdom and the arbitration is seated in the United Kingdom. The seat of an arbitration is where the arbitration is deemed legally to occur, even if hearings are held elsewhere or online. Sections 85 to 87 of the 1996 Act have never been brought into force. Section 88 was brought into force, but only grants the Secretary of State the power to repeal sections 85 to 87. Section 15 of this Act repeals all these unused sections of the 1996 Act.