Hong Kong Ordinances

LABOUR RELATIONS ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Arbitration tribunal

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 56 of 2000 s. 3 PART III

ARBITRATION

(1) Where under section 11 the Chief Executive in Council refers a
trade dispute to arbitration, he shall appoint an arbitration tribunal which
shall consist of-

   (a)  a sole arbitrator; or

   (b)  3 arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed as the chairman.

(2) The Chief Executive in Council shall, when appointing an
arbitration tribunal under subsection (1), specify the period within which the
arbitration shall be concluded.

(3) For the purpose of facilitating the appointment of an arbitrator to an
arbitration tribunal under subsection (1), the Chief Executive shall
constitute a panel of persons who appear to him to be suitable for such
appointment. (Amended 56 of 2000 s. 3)