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Commercial Arbitration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
27JDetermination of preliminary point of law by the Court
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27J Determination of preliminary point of law by the Court
(1) Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, on an application to the
Court made by any of the parties to an arbitration agreement the
Court has jurisdiction to determine any question of law arising in the
course of the arbitration.
(2) An application under this section may be made by a party only with
the consent of:
(a) an arbitrator who has entered on the reference; or
(b) all the other parties;
and with the leave of the Court.
Note for section 27J
There is no equivalent of this section in the Model Law.
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