Regulations, 2015

L.N. 149 of 2015

ARBITRATION ACT

(CAP. 387)

Arbitration Act (Amendment of Fourth Schedule)

Regulations, 2015

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

Arbitration Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local

Government, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Arbitration Act

(Amendment of Fourth Schedule) Regulations, 2015, and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Fourth

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

Schedule".

Paragraph 1.3 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule to the

Arbitration Act shall be substituted by the following

"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 the

distribution system operator, 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 (Transfer of Assets, Rights,

Liabilities and Obligations) 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 the distribution system operator 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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