IP/N/1/IRL/76  
IP/N/1/IRL/P/29  
IP/N/1/IRL/C/24  
 
20 July 2023  
(23-4944)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : ARBITRATION ACT 2010  
(ACT NUMBER 1 OF 2010)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Arbitration Act 2010 (Act Number 1 of 2010)  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/IRL/23_10891_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The purpose of this Act is to apply the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 
(UNCITRAL) Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration to all arbitrations which take place 
within the State. At present that Law applies in relation to international commercial arbitration only. 
While repealing the Arbitratio n Act 1954, the Arbitration Act 1980 and the Arbitration (International 
Commercial) Act 1998, this Act will also preserve the obligations which Ireland undertook when it 
gave the force of law to the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses opened at Geneva on the 2 4th day of 
September 1923 (Geneva Protocol), the Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards 
done at Geneva on the 26th day of September 1927 (Geneva Convention), the Convention on the 
Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationa ls of Other States opened for 
signature in Washington on 18 March 1965 (Washington Convention) and the Convention on the 
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards done at New York on 10 June 1958 (New 
York Convention).  
 
The Model Law is divide d into a series of Chapters. Chapter 1 concerns general provisions covering, 
inter alia , key definitions and rules of interpretation and the extent of court intervention. Chapter II 
focuses on the form of the arbitration agreement. Chapter III deals with t he composition of the 
arbitral tribunal. Chapter IV deals with the jurisdiction of the arbitral tribunal. Chapter IVA deals with 
interim measures and preliminary orders. Chapter V deals with the conduct of arbitral proceedings. 
Chapter VI deals with the ma king of an award and the termination of proceedings. Chapter VII 
specifies the grounds on which an award may be set aside. Chapter VIII deals with the recognition 
and enforcement of arbitration awards.  IP/N/1/IRL/76 • IP/N/1/IRL/P/29 • IP/N/1/IRL/C/24  
 
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  Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  8 June 2010  
Other date   Enactment: 8 June 2010  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  8 May 2023  
Other information  The Arbitration Act 2010 provides for consequential amendments to 
section  74 of the Patents Act 1992 ( IP/N/1/IRL/P/1 ) and section 367 of the 
Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (IP/N/1/IRL/C/3 ).  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.