HL Deb 30 April 1934 vol 91 cc902-3

Order of the Day for the consideration of Commons Amendments read.

LORD ASKWITH

My Lords, I beg to move that the Commons Amendments be now considered.

Moved, That the Commons Amendments be now considered.—(Lord Askwith.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.

COMMONS AMENDMENTS.

[The references are to Bill No.89 as printed for the House of Commons.]

Clause 6, page 4, line 2, leave out ("an arbitration agreement") and insert ("reference").

Clause 12, page 5, line 39, at end insert:

("Provided that nothing herein shall invalidate such a provision when it is part of an agreement to submit to arbitration a dispute which has arisen before the making of such agreement.")

Clause 19, page 10, line 7, at end insert the following new clause:

Application to statutory arbitrations.

(".This Act, except the provisions thereof set out in the Second Schedule to this Act, shall apply in relation to every arbitration under any other Act passed before or after the commencement of this Act, as if the arbitration were pursuant to an arbitration agreement and as if that other Act were an arbitration agreement, except in so far as this Act is inconsistent with that other Act or with any rules or procedure authorised or recognised thereby:

Provided that this Act shall not apply to any arbitration to which the principal Act does not apply and no provision of this Act which expressly amends a provision of the principal Act shall apply to any arbitration to which that provision of the principal Act does not apply.")

Schedule, page 11, line 22, at end insert the following new Schedule:

("SCHEDULE.

Provisions of Act which do not apply to statutory arbitrations.

LORD ASKWITH

My Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons Amendments. There is one clerical Amendment, and some additions have been made for the sake of clarity.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Lord Askwith.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.