Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts48. Date of commencement of arbitration
(1) For the purposes of this Division, where -
(a) the provisions for arbitration require or permit a party to the provisions to give notice in writing to another party requiring the other party to -
(i) appoint or concur in appointing an arbitrator; or
(ii) submit or concur in submitting a difference or matter to a person named or designated in the provisions as arbitrator; or
(b) in a case to which paragraph (a) does not apply, a party to the arbitration takes a step required or permitted by the provisions for the purpose of bringing a difference or matter before an arbitrator and gives to another party notice in writing of the taking of the step,
the arbitration is commenced as between the party giving the notice and the party to whom the notice is given on the date on which the notice is given.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the date on which a notice is given is the date, or the earlier or earliest of the dates, on which the party giving the notice -
(a) delivers it to the party to whom it is to be given;
(b) leaves it at the usual or last-known place of business or residence of the party to whom it is to be given;
(c) posts it by certified mail to the party to whom it is to be given at his usual or last-known place of business or residence; or
(d) gives the notice in a manner required or permitted by the provisions for arbitration.