S.I. No. 148/1964:

ARBITRATION (FOREIGN AWARDS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1964.

ARBITRATION (FOREIGN AWARDS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1964.

WHEREAS a Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards (in this Order referred to as the Convention of 1927) was done at Geneva on the 26th day of September, 1927 :

AND WHEREAS the Instrument of Ratification of the Convention of 1927 was, on behalf of the State, deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the 10th day of June, 1957, and the Convention of 1927, in accordance with Article 8 thereof, took effect, in the case of the State, on the 10th day of September, 1957 :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 54 of the Arbitration Act, 1954 (No. 26 of 1954), that the Government, if satisfied that any State which has ratified the Convention of 1927 has made such reciprocal provisions as will enable the Convention of 1927 to be operative in any territory to which the Convention of 1927 is applicable, may by order declare--

(i) that State to be a party to the Convention of 1927,

(ii) that territory to be a territory to which the Convention of 1927 applies :

AND WHEREAS the Government are satisfied that these reciprocal provisions have been made by New Zealand as respects the territory of New Zealand :

NOW THEREFORE, the Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 54 of the Arbitration Act, 1954 (No. 26 of 1954), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) (Amendment) Order, 1964.

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1964.

3. The Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 15 of 1960 ), is hereby amended by--

(a) the insertion in column (1) of the Schedule after " Netherlands " of " New Zealand ", and

(b) the insertion in column (2) of the Schedule after " Netherlands New Guinea " of " New Zealand ".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 16th day of June, 1964.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, by adding New Zealand to the list of countries in the Schedule to the Arbitration (Foreign Awards) Order, 1960 ( S.I. No. 15 of 1960 ), makes provision for reciprocal arrangements with New Zealand, pursuant to a 1927 Geneva Convention, for the execution of foreign arbitral awards. The order will come into force on 1st September, 1964.