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Definitions used in the JAIAC Rules include:

“arbitral tribunal” means a sole arbitrator or panel of arbitrators appointed pursuant to the JAIAC Rules, and includes an emergency arbitrator appointed pursuant to the Schedule;

“Article” or “Articles” shall refer to the numbered provisions of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules as set out in Part II of the JAIAC Rules;

“days” means calendar days and includes weekends and public holidays;

“domestic arbitration” means any arbitration which is not an international arbitration;

“Secretary General” means the Secretary General of the Jamaica International Arbitration Centre;

“GCT” means General Consumption Tax as prescribed under the laws of Jamaica;

“JAIAC” means the Jamaica International Arbitration Centre Limited;
“international arbitration” means arbitration where;

1. one or more of the parties to an arbitration agreement, at the time of conclusion of that agreement, has its place of business in any State other than Jamaica;

2. one of the following in which a party or any of the parties has or have their palace of business is situated in any State other than Jamaica;

3. the seat of the arbitration if determined in, or pursuant to, the arbitration agreement;

4. any place where a substantial part of the obligations of any commercial or business relationship is to be performed or the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected; or

5. the parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration agreement relates to more than one State.

“Party” means a party to an arbitration agreement or, in any case where an arbitration does not involve all the parties to the arbitration agreement, means a party to the arbitration;

“Rule” or “Rules” shall refer to the numbered provisions of the JAIAC Arbitration Rules as set out in Part I of the JAIAC Arbitration Rules.