Arbitration Amendment Bill

About this bill

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure arbitration clauses in trust deeds are given effect to extend the presumption of confidentiality in arbitration to a rebuttable presumption of confidentiality in related court proceedings under the Act, to clearly define the grounds for setting aside an arbitral award and bring New Zealand’s approach into line with foreign arbitration legislation, and to confirm the consequence of failing to raise a timely objection to an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction.

Current status

Royal Assent given 07 May 2019.
Enacted as the Arbitration Amendment Act 2019 (2019/14)

Member of Parliament responsible

Andrew Bayly

Bill type

Member's bill



All data
Bill type Member's bill
Parliament 52
Ref 245-3
Introduced 9 March 2017
First reading 10 May 2017
Select Committee Justice Committee
Public submissions due 22 June 2017
Select Committee report back 1 October 2018
Second reading 6 March 2019
Committee of the whole House 3 April 2019
Third reading 1 May 2019
Royal Assent 7 May 2019
Enacted as Arbitration Amendment Act 2019 (2019/14)
Divided No

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