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Arbitration (International Investment Disputes)

Act 1966

CA. 41

705

(c) registration under section 1 of this Act shall be effected by registering in the Books of Council and Session, or in such manner as the Court of Session may by Act of Sederunt prescribe;

for any reference to the entering of a judgment there shall be substituted a reference to the signing of the interlocutor embodying the judgment;

(e) for section 3 of this Act there shall be substituted the

following section:-

Proceedings

"3.-(1) The Secretary of State may by order make in Scotland. provision, in relation to such proceedings pursuant to the Convention as are specified in the order, being proceedings taking place in Scotland, for the atten- dance of witnesses, the taking of evidence and the production of documents.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order direct that the Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856 (which 1856 c. 113. relates to the taking of evidence in the United King- dom for the purpose of proceedings before a foreign tribunal) shall apply to such proceedings pursuant to the Convention as are specified in the order, with or without any modifications or exceptions specified in the order.

(3) An order made under this section—

(a) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent

order so made, and

(b) shall be contained in a statutory instru-

ment.";

and in any reference in this Act, or in the Convention as given the force of law in Scotland by this Act, to the staying of execu tion of enforcement of an award registered under this Act the expression "stay" shall be construed as meaning sist.

&. In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland-

(a) references to the High Court shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to the High Court in Northern Ireland.

Application to Northern Ireland.

(b) for the references to section 99 of the Supreme Court 1925 c. 49.

of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 there shall be substituted references to section 7 of the Northern 1962 c. 30. Ireland Act 1962.

9.-(1) This Act may be cited as the Arbitration (International Short title Investment Disputes) Act 1966.

(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council certify to be the day on which the Convention comes into force as regards the United Kingdom.

and com- mencercent.