PART I

Preliminary and General

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Arbitration (International Commercial) Act, 1998.

(2) The Arbitration Acts, 1954 and 1980 and this Act may be cited together as the Arbitration Acts, 1954 to 1998.

2. —In this Act—

(a) a reference to any other enactment is to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment including this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

(b) a reference to a section, Part or Schedule is to a section or Part of, or Schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended,

(c) a reference to a subsection is to a subsection of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended, and

(d) a reference to an Article is to an Article of the Model Law.