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Commercial Arbitration (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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36 Grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement (Model Law
Art 36)
(1) Recognition or enforcement of an arbitral award, irrespective of the
State or Territory in which it was made, may be refused only:
(a) at the request of the party against whom it is invoked, if that
party furnishes to the Court proof that:
(i) a party to the arbitration agreement was under some
incapacity, or the arbitration agreement is not valid under
the law to which the parties have subjected it or, failing
any indication in it, under the law of the State or Territory
where the award was made; or
(ii) the party against whom the award is invoked was not
given proper notice of the appointment of an arbitrator or
of the arbitral proceedings or was otherwise unable to
present the party's case; or
(iii) the award deals with a dispute not contemplated by or
not falling within the terms of the submission to
arbitration, or it contains decisions on matters beyond
the scope of the submission to arbitration, provided that,
if the decisions on matters submitted to arbitration can
be separated from those not so submitted, that part of
the award which contains decisions on matters
submitted to arbitration may be recognised and
enforced; or
(iv) the composition of the arbitral tribunal or the arbitral
procedure was not in accordance with the agreement of
the parties or, failing such agreement, was not in
accordance with the law of the State or Territory where
the arbitration took place; or
(v) the award has not yet become binding on the parties or
has been set aside or suspended by a court of the State
or Territory in which, or under the law of which, that
award was made; or
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(b) if the Court finds that:
(i) the subject matter of the dispute is not capable of
settlement by arbitration under the law of the Territory; or
(ii) the recognition or enforcement of the award would be
contrary to the public policy of the Territory.
(2) If an application for setting aside or suspension of an award has
been made to a court referred to in subsection (1)(a)(v), the Court
may, if it considers it proper, adjourn its decision and may also, on
the application of the party claiming recognition or enforcement of
the award, order the party to provide appropriate security.
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