(1) Sections of this
Act that contain a reference to the “Model Law” in the heading are
substantially the same as the provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on
International Commercial Arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985 with amendments as
adopted by that Commission in 2006) so as to be as uniform as possible with
the UNCITRAL Model Law.
(2) Some changes have
been made to those provisions of the Act based on the UNCITRAL Model Law to
amend or supplement the provisions in their application to domestic
arbitrations in Western Australia or to accommodate modern drafting styles and
conventions (for example, provisions are drafted in gender neutral terms and
archaisms are replaced with modern alternatives).
(3) Notes draw
attention to substantive changes.
(4) The original
numbering of the “articles” of the UNCITRAL Model Law has been
retained but converted to references to “sections” and articles
containing more than one sentence have been re-formatted into subsections.
There are a number of additional provisions to those based on the UNCITRAL
Model Law.
(5) This section does
not affect the interpretation or application of this Act.