49Commencement of arbitration

49 Commencement of arbitration (1) For this division— (a) if the provisions for arbitration require or permit a party to the arbitration to give written notice to another party— (i) requiring the other party to appoint or concur in appointing an arbitrator; or (ii) requiring the other party to submit or concur in submitting a difference or matter to a person named or designated in the provisions for arbitration as arbitrator; or Part 4 Miscellaneous Division 4.3 General Section 51 page 44 Limitation Act 1985 Effective: 26/11/25 R28 26/11/25 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (b) if, in a case to which paragraph (a) does not apply, a party to the arbitration takes a step required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration for the purposes of bringing a difference or matter before an arbitrator and gives to another party written notice of the taking of the step; the arbitration is begun, as between the party giving the notice and the party to whom the notice is given, on the date when the notice is given. (2) For subsection (1), the date when a notice is given is the date, or the earlier or earliest of the dates, when the party giving the notice— (a) gives it to the party to whom it is to be given; or (b) leaves it at the usual or last known business or home address of the party to whom it is to be given; or (c) posts it to the person to whom it is to be given at the person’s usual or last-known business or home address; or (d) gives the notice in a way required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration. Division 4.3 General