Arbitration (Amendment) Rules, 2020

L.N. 406 of 2020

ARBITRATION ACT

(CAP. 387)

Arbitration (Amendment) Rules, 2020

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, Equality and

Governance, has made the following rules:-

The title of these rules is the Arbitration (Amendment)

Rules, 2020 and these Rules shall be read and construed as one with

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

Rule 57 of the principal rules shall be amended as follows

(a) in sub-rule (2) thereof, the words "in a final manner"

shall be deleted;

(b) in sub-rule (4) thereof, the words "Articles II and III"

shall be substituted with the following words "Articles 2 and 3";

(c) sub-rule (5) thereof shall be substituted by the

following new sub-rule

"(5) There shall lie an appeal against the decision

of the Chairman of the Centre to the Court of Appeal as

constituted in accordance with article 41(1) of the Code

of Organization and Civil Procedure. An appeal shall be

filed within twenty (20) days from the date from which

the decision of the Chairman of the Centre is

communicated to the parties and Title I of Part I of the

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure shall apply

mutatis mutandis to the application for appeal."; and

(d) in sub-rule (6) thereof, the words "and on the same

merits" shall be deleted.

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