322 ANNO VI CESIMO SEC DO E 2^ _^ _'. d E SEC U NDAE Act to e [ASSENTED To 26TH APRIL, 1973] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement. (I) This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Act 1973. (2) Subject to subsection (3), this Act shall commence on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (3) Part VIII shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation. 2. Arrangement of Act. This Act is divided into Parts as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY (SS. 1-6); PART II-GENERAL PROVISIONS AS PTO ARBITRATION (ss. 7-12); PART III-ARBITRATORS AND UMPIRES (ss. 13-17); PART IV-CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS, WITNESSES (SS. 18-19); PART V-AWARDS (ss. 20-28); Abbreviations used in notes to sections appearing at the beginning of the section have the following meaning :-U.K. The Arbitration Act 1950 (United Kingdom); Viet. the Arbitration Act 1958 (Victoria); N.S.W. the Arbitration Act 1902-1957 (New South Wales); S. A. the Arbitration Act 1891-1934 (South Australia).
Arbitration Act 1973, No. 34 323 PART VI-SPECIAL CASES, REMISSION, CORRECTION AND SETTING ASIDE OF AWARDS (ss. 29-36); PART VII-GENERAL (ss. 37-40); PART VIII-RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS (ss. 41-44). 3. Repeal and Savings. Cf. U.K. ss. 33, 44 (3). (1) The Act mentioned in the First Schedule is repealed to the extent indicated in that Schedule except in relation to arbitrations commencing before the commencement of this Act. (2) This Act shall not affect any arbitration commenced before the commencement of this Act, but shall apply to an arbitration commenced after the commencement of this Act under an agreement to arbitrate made before the commencement of this Act; and any reference in any Act or other document to any enactment hereby repealed shall be construed as including a reference to this Act. 4. Interpretation . Cf. Viet. s. 3; U . K. s. 32. ( 1) In Parts I to VII (both inclusive) unless the contrary intention appears- agreement to arbitrate " means a written agreement that is signed by the parties or is contained in an exchange of letters or telegrams by the parties under which or under a clause of which the parties undertake to submit to arbitration (whether or not an arbitrator is named or designated in the agreement or clause) all or any present or future differences between them.; " Court " means the Supreme Court of Queensland or where the amount in dispute and the subject - matter thereof are within the jurisdiction of a District Court the -appropriate District Court; District Court " means a District Court within the meaning of the District Courts Act1967-1972; " imperfect execution of powers " includes failure to comply with the requirements of section 24; Judge " means a Judge of the Supreme Court…