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(i) clause 11(2) should be

amended SO as to provide

that in circumstances where

no commercial adjudicator

remains in a trial there

should be a new trial in a

composed of a judge

court

and

three

commercial

adjudicators;

(ii) the Bill should make clear

that the power of the judge

and the adjudicators to

confer in private does not

conflict with the duty

imposed on the judge to

give directions on the law

and his summing-up in open

court;

and after the Secretary of State

had been informed of the

Government's

intention

to

introduce the Bill into the

Legislative

Council

and

explanatory material on possible

questions relating to United

Kingdom practice had

been

prepared;

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