Section 39: Power to make provisional awards.

Arbitration Act 1996 · 1996 c. 23View on legislation.gov.uk

Part I: Arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement

The parties are free to agree that the tribunal shall have power to order on a provisional basis any relief which it would have power to grant in a final award.

This includes, for instance, making—

a provisional order for the payment of money or the disposition of property as between the parties, or
an order to make an interim payment on account of the costs of the arbitration.

Any such order shall be subject to the tribunal's final adjudication; and the tribunal's final award, on the merits or as to costs, shall take account of any such order.

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