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Commercial Arbitration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
1EExplanation of origin and structure of Act
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1E Explanation of origin and structure of Act
(1) Sections of this Act that contain a reference in the section heading
to the Model Law are substantially the same as the provisions of
the Model Law so as to be as uniform as possible with the Model
Law.
(2) Some changes have been made to those provisions of the Act
based on the Model Law to amend or supplement the provisions in
their application to domestic arbitrations in the Territory or to
accommodate modern drafting styles and conventions (for
example, provisions are drafted in gender neutral terms and
archaisms are replaced with modern alternatives).
(3) Notes draw attention to substantive changes.
(4) The original numbering of the articles of the Model Law has been
retained but converted to references to sections and articles
containing more than one sentence have been re-formatted into
subsections.
(5) The Act also contains a number of provisions in addition to those
based on the Model Law.
(6) This section does not affect the interpretation or application of this
Act.
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