Regulations, 2006

L.N. 165 of 2006

ARBITRATION ACT

(CAP. 387)

Arbitration Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule)

Regulations, 2006

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 15(13) of the

Arbitration Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Justice

and Home Affairs has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Arbitration Act

(Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2006, and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Fourth Schedule of the

Arbitration Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Fourth Schedule".

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st August,

2006.

Immediately after paragraph 1.2 of Part A of the Fourth

Schedule there shall be added the following new paragraph

"1.3

Disputes connected with electricity and water

services

All disputes arising from the supply of electricity,

electrical meter rent or any other service provided by Enemalta

Corporation, and any dispute related to water services, without

prejudice, where applicable, to the provisions of article 466 of

the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure, to the provisions

of the Enemalta Act and the Water Services Corporation Act,

and to the provisions of the Electricity Supply Regulations and

the water Supply Regulations

Provided that consumers will be entitled to file

their claims against Enemalta Corporation or the Water Services

Corporation, as the case may be, in terms of the procedure

established by this Act

Provided further that notwithstanding the

provisions of any other law, and without prejudice to pending

cases, the Arbitration Tribunal shall have exclusive jurisdiction

over these cases.".

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