England and Wales · Arbitration and court procedure
What period and facts govern material award correction date in England and Wales?
The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
- Period
- The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable
- Trigger
- The date the tribunal made the material correction or material additional award
- Rule
- Arbitration Act 1996 section 70
This material award correction date guide uses retained current official Arbitration Act 1996 text and current Justice UK CPR and PD 62 pages. The 2025 Act section 12 and SI 2025/905 commenced the amended section 70 scheme on August 1, 2025. Section 17(4) of the 2025 Act preserves its specified precommencement exclusions; the actual arbitral and court commencement facts remain necessary.
Source guide · No automated date
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Arbitration Act 1996 section 70. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. Establish the actual actor, event, agreed regime, court order and completion facts before relying on a final endpoint. This source guide provides no computed or paid date.
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What period and facts govern material award correction date in England and Wales?
The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
Responsible actor. A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award.
The date the tribunal made the material correction or material additional award
The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70How does this provision count time?
- The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable
- Issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal.
- The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
For material award correction date, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less.
For material award correction date, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Which facts prevent one automatic date?
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. Establish the actual actor, event, agreed regime, court order and completion facts before relying on a final endpoint. This source guide provides no computed or paid date.
A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award has records establishing the date the tribunal made the material correction or material additional award. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. Issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. Establish all source facts before choosing a final date.
The proposed compliance period for material award correction date meets a weekend, holiday or court-office closure. For material award correction date, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less. For material award correction date, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. Apply the actual counting regime to the particular act. Do not infer a uniform next-working-day extension.
The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The actual branch facts are not established by the raw catalog period. Issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal. Establish the material facts or follow the actual order; this guide supplies no automatic date.
Which conditions and exceptions apply?
- Actual actor and completed procedural act
- A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award. Issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal.
- Controlling event and applicable agreement or order
- The date the tribunal made the material correction or material additional award. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
- Source-specific counting and completion place
- For material award correction date, section 80(4) and (5) separates court issue from service and applies court counting rules to statutory court time limits. CPR 2.8 computes day periods as clear days and omits specified nonworking days only for periods of five days or less. For material award correction date, CPR 2.8(5) addresses an act at a court office whose final day is a closure day. It does not automatically move service on another party, erase required intervening clear days, or lift the enforcement restriction. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
- A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award. The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
- Material award correction date concerns a court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award and issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb. Award correction application addresses a separate procedural question and cannot establish this actor’s completed step.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period and facts govern material award correction date in England and Wales?
What period applies to material award correction date?
The current section 70 court 28-day period uses subsection (3A)(b) where applicable. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Which actual event controls material award correction date?
The date the tribunal made the material correction or material additional award. A court challenger relying on a material correction or additional award must establish that event from the actual request, award, service or court records.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70What act completes material award correction date?
Issue the appropriate court challenge or appeal. The matter addressed must be material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 case; an immaterial correction does not establish this limb.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70How does the Act define materiality?
Section 70(3B) asks whether any matter addressed is material to the actual section 67, 68 or 69 application or appeal. Materiality is not presumed from a correction label.
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Is this limb based on notification of the correction?
Subsection (3A)(b) identifies the date of the correction or additional award. It differs from the express notification language in paragraphs(a) and (c).
Arbitration Act 1996 section 70Does the new correction limb apply to pre-August 2025 arbitrations?
Section 17(4) of the 2025 Act excludes precommencement arbitral proceedings and connected court proceedings from these amendments.
Arbitration Act 2025 section 17Official sources and review
Provisions used (6)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Arbitration Act 1996 section 70 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Act 1996 section 57 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Act 2025 section 12 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Act 2025 section 17 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| CPR 2.8 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| SI 2025/905 regulation 2 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |