Arbitration (Amendment) Rules, 2015

L.N. 57 of 2015

ARBITRATION ACT

(CAP. 387)

Arbitration (Amendment) Rules, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph (ii) of sub-

article (1) of article 10 of the Arbitration Act, the Malta Arbitration

Centre, with the concurrence of the Minister for Justice, Culture and

Local Government and the Minister for Finance, has made the

following rules:-

The title of these rules is the Arbitration (Amendment)

Rules, 2015, and these rules shall be read and construed as one with

the Arbitration Rules, hereinafter referred to as "the principal rules".

Paragraph 3 of Part II of Appendix A of the principal rules

shall be substituted by the following

"3.

In the case of mandatory arbitrations, the arbitral

tribunal’s fees shall be two hundred and thirty-seven euro and

twenty-nine cents (€237.29)

Provided that in the case of motor traffic disputes where

the value of the dispute does not exceed one thousand, one

hundred and sixty-four euro and ninety-nine cents (€1,164.99)

and in the case of Paying Agency Disputes, the arbitral

tribunal’s fee shall be one hundred and eighteen euro and sixty-

four cents (€118.64)

Provided further that the above fees do not include the fee

of thirty-five euro (€35) for each and every sitting and the fee of

seventy-five euro (€75) for on-site inspections. No charge shall

be levied if more than six sittings are held

Provided further that the arbitral tribunal may, in special

circumstances, charge supplementary charges.

Arbitral Tribunal’s fees shall be payable provisionally by

claimant on the filing of the Notice.".

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