SCC Arb SCC Arbitration Rules (2023)
SCC Arb
SCC Arbitration Rules (2023)
(1) The Arbitral Tribunal may at any time during the arbitration submit to the Secretariat a proposal for the appointment of a specific candidate as administrative secretary. The Arbitral Tribunal’s appointment of an administrative secretary is subject to the approval of the parties.
(2) The Arbitral Tribunal shall consult the parties regarding the tasks of the administrative secretary. The Arbitral Tribunal may not delegate any decision-making authority to the administrative secretary.
(3) The administrative secretary must be impartial and independent. The Arbitral Tribunal shall ensure that the administrative secretary remains impartial and independent at all stages of the arbitration.
(4) Before being appointed, the proposed administrative secretary shall submit to the Secretariat a signed statement of availability, impartiality and independence disclosing any circumstances that may give rise to justifiable doubts as to the proposed administrative secretary’s impartiality or independence.
(5) A party may request the release of the administrative secretary from appointment based on the procedure set out in Article 19, which shall apply mutatis mutandis to a challenge to an administrative secretary. If the Board releases an administrative secretary, the Arbitral Tribunal may propose the appointment of another administrative secretary in accordance with this Article. A request for the release of an administrative secretary shall not prevent the arbitration from proceeding unless the Arbitral Tribunal decides otherwise.
(6) Any fee payable to the administrative secretary shall be paid from the fees of the Arbitral Tribunal.
Source: SCC
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