AUTHORITY FOR RULES

The Council of the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia resolved at a meeting on 13 August 1999 that, where parties have agreed between them that a dispute arising or having arisen between them shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with:

1. The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Rules for the Conduct of Commercial Arbitrations; or
 
2. The Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia Expedited Commercial Arbitration Rules,

then the Rules numbered 1 to 21 hereafter shall apply.

PART I: PRELIMINARY