TNAG-1485-FCO40-2039-Hong-Kong-Arbitration-(Amendment)-(No.-2)-Ordinance-1985-1986 — Page 18

Enclosure No. 4

A BILL

To

Amend the Arbitration Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Arbitration (Amendment) (No. 2) Short title. Ordinance 1985.

2. Section 6B(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after Amendment of "power to" the following

"remove any existing arbitrator or umpire and”.

Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to put beyond doubt that the Court's power under section 6B(2) of the principal Ordinance to appoint an arbitrator or umpire for consolidated proceedings includes the power to remove any existing arbitrator or umpire for those proceedings.

2. This Bill has no Public Service staffing or public expenditure implications.

section 6B. (Cap. 341.)

一九八五年仲裁(修訂)(第二號)條例草案

摘要說明

本草案旨在作出下述明確規定:高院原訟庭依原有條例第六條第 (2)款規定,所具為綜合聆訊程序而委出仲裁人或公斷人的權力,亦包括以下權 力在內,即高院原訟庭亦有權撤換聆訊該等綜合程序的現有仲裁人或公斷人。

本草案對政府開支和人手需求方面均沒有影響。