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International Arbitration Act 1974
23HDeath of a party to an arbitration agreement
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#### 23H Death of a party to an arbitration agreement
(1) If a party to an arbitration agreement dies:
(a) the agreement is not discharged (either in respect of the deceased or any other party); and
(b) the authority of an arbitral tribunal is not revoked; and
(c) the arbitration agreement is enforceable by or against the personal representative of the deceased.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) is taken to affect the operation of any enactment or rule of law by virtue of which a right of action is extinguished by the death of a person.