Section 6

An arbitration agreement shall, at the request of any party, be treated as an agreement incorporating the conditions specified in the First Schedule. The parties to an arbitration agreement may agree on a method of appointing one or more arbitrators, provided that the agreement does not offend the provisions of this Part. Where a party to an arbitration agreement fails to appoint an arbitrator within a period of thirty days from the date on which that party receives a request to do so from the other party, or the other party to the arbitration agreement, the other party may appoint that arbitrator. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed on a method of appointing one or more arbitrators, the party who is to appoint an arbitrator shall do so within the time limit agreed upon by the parties. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have not agreed on a method of appointing one or more arbitrators, the arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party to the arbitration agreement and the third to be appointed by the two arbitrators so appointed. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed that the arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party to the arbitration agreement and the third to be appointed by the two arbitrators so appointed, the third arbitrator shall be appointed within a period of thirty days from the date on which the two arbitrators so appointed inform the parties to the arbitration agreement of their intention to appoint a third arbitrator. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed on a method of appointing one or more arbitrators, the party who is to appoint an arbitrator shall do so within the time limit agreed upon by the parties. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have not agreed on a method of appointing one or more arbitrators, the arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party to the arbitration agreement and the third to be appointed by the two arbitrators so appointed. Where the parties to an arbitration agreement have agreed that the arbitral tribunal shall consist of three arbitrators, one to be appointed by each party to the arbitration agreement and the third to be appointed by the two arbitrators so appointed, the third arbitrator shall be appointed within a period of thirty days from the date on which the two arbitrators so appointed inform the parties to the arbitration agreement of their intention to appoint a third arbitrator.