s 18–s 20 · 3 sections
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Registration of Seabed Disputes Chamber decisions
Open ↗18.—(1) The Court may, on the application of an interested person, order a decision of the Seabed Disputes Chamber to be registered in the Court.
(2) To avoid doubt —(a)
a decision of the Seabed Disputes Chamber involving a State may be registered under subsection (1); but
(b)
nothing in this section or section 19 affects any privilege or immunity that a State may claim against the enforcement of a registered decision of the Seabed Disputes Chamber.
Effect of registration
Open ↗19. A registered decision of the Seabed Disputes Chamber is to be treated, for the following purposes, as if the decision was a judgment of the Court made on the date on which the decision was registered:(a)
the force and effect of the decision in relation to the enforcement of the decision;
(b)
the exercise of the powers of the Court in relation to the enforcement of the decision;
(c)
the taking of proceedings for or in relation to the enforcement of the decision;
(d)
where the decision is for the payment of a sum of money, the carrying and computation of interest on that sum.
Enforcement of arbitral awards
Open ↗20. An arbitral award made pursuant to Article 188(2)(a) of the Convention is to be treated as a foreign award for the purposes of Part 3 of the International Arbitration Act 1994.
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