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(1) Rules of court may be made under the Court Procedures Act 2004 for
carrying the purposes of this Act into effect and, in particular, for or
with respect to the following:
(a) applications to a court under this Act and the costs of such
applications;
(b) the payment or bringing of money into and out of a court in
satisfaction of claims to which arbitration agreements apply and
the investment of that money;
(c) the examination of witnesses before a court or before any other
person and the issue of commissions or requests for the
examination of witnesses outside the Territory, for an
arbitration;
(d) offers of compromise in relation to claims to which arbitration
agreements apply;
(e) any other matter or thing for or with respect to which rules are
by this Act authorised or required to be made by a court.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the rule-making powers conferred on a
court by any other Act.
Note There is no equivalent to this section in the Model Law.
Miscellaneous Part 9
Section 41
R3
02/07/19
Commercial Arbitration Act 2017
Effective: 02/07/19
page 61
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au