Part III
is made under the agreement, the cause of action shall, for the purposes of this Act and any other limitation enactment (whether in their application to arbitrations or to other proceedings), be deemed to have accrued in respect of any such matter at the time when it would have accrued but for that term in the agreement.
(3) For the purposes of this Act and of any other limitation enactment an arbitration shall be treated as being commenced—
- (a) when one party to the arbitration serves on the other party or parties a notice requiring him or them to appoint an arbitrator or to agree to the appointment of an arbitrator; or
- (b) where the arbitration agreement provides that the reference shall be to a person named or designated in the agreement, when one party to the arbitration serves on the other party or parties a notice requiring him or them to submit the dispute to the person so named or designated.
(4) Any such notice may be served either—
- (a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or
- (b) by leaving it at the usual or last-known place of abode in England and Wales of that person; or
- (c) by sending it by post in a registered letter addressed to that person at his usual or last-known place of abode in England and Wales;
as well as in any other manner provided in the arbitration agreement.
(5) Where the High Court—
- (a) orders that an award be set aside; or
- (b) orders, after the commencement of an arbitration, that the arbitration agreement shall cease to have effect with respect to the dispute referred;
the court may further order that the period between the commencement of the arbitration and the date of the order of the court shall be excluded in computing the time prescribed by this Act or by any other limitation enactment for the commencement of proceedings (including arbitration) with respect to the dispute referred.
(6) This section shall apply to an arbitration under an Act of Parliament as well as to an arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement.
Subsections (3) and (4) above shall have effect, in relation to an arbitration under an Act, as if for the references to the