Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION ACT 1974 - SECT 3

             (1)  In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:

"agreement in writing" has the same meaning as in the Convention.

"arbitral award" has the same meaning as in the Convention.

"arbitration agreement" means an agreement in writing of the kind referred to in sub-article 1 of Article II of the Convention.

"Australia" includes the Territories.

"Convention" means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards adopted in 1958 by the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration at its twenty-fourth meeting, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1.

"Convention country" means a country (other than Australia) that is a Contracting State within the meaning of the Convention.

"court" means any court in Australia, including a court of a State or Territory.

"foreign award" means an arbitral award made, in pursuance of an arbitration agreement, in a country other than Australia, being an arbitral award in relation to which the Convention applies.

             (2)  In this Part, where the context so admits, enforcement , in relation to a foreign award, includes the recognition of the award as binding for any purpose, and enforce and enforced have corresponding meanings.

             (3)  For the purposes of this Part, a body corporate shall be taken to be ordinarily resident in a country if, and only if, it is incorporated or has its principal place of business in that country.