144Appointment of arbitrator in default of agreement

#### 144 Appointment of arbitrator in default of agreement 144 Appointment of arbitrator in default of agreement > > (1) If, by the end of 28 days after the holder of a prospecting title serves notice in accordance with section 143, the holder and each landholder of the land concerned have been unable to agree on the appointment of an arbitrator, then any one of them may apply to the Secretary for the appointment of a member of the Arbitration Panel as an arbitrator. > > > (2) At the same time as, or after, an application is made under this section, but before an arbitrator is appointed, the holder of the prospecting title concerned must pay the application fee prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section. > > > (3) The Secretary is to appoint a member of the Arbitration Panel as an arbitrator. > > **s 144:** Am 1996 No 137, Sch 1 \[15\]; 1999 No 43, Sch 1 \[23\]; 2000 No 90, Sch 3.1 \[3\]; 2008 No 19, Sch 1 \[100\] \[101\]; 2015 No 41, Sch 1 \[9\].