Arbitration Act deadline
Arbitral award challenge deadline calculator
An application or appeal under sections 67, 68 or 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 must normally be brought within 28 days of the award or, where applicable, disposal of a section 57 process.
Rule reviewed
At a glance
What the calculator applies
- Period
- 28 days
- Trigger
- Date of the award, or disposal of an applicable section 57 process
- Direction
- Forward from the applicable trigger date
- Counting method
- 28 clear days in the encoded calculator record
Free calculation
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Calculation basis
How the date is counted
28 clear days in the encoded calculator record
All calendar days count because the period exceeds five days. The calculator applies its encoded court-closure adjustment.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- A section 57 correction or additional-award process can change the trigger date.
- The challenge route, any exhaustion requirement and the court power to extend time must be checked from the Act and current authority.
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