Cap. 455 Art. 45Arbitration.

(1) When a dispute is submitted to the Malta Arbitration Centre for arbitration, the dispute shall, in the absence of agreement to the contrary by the parties involved, be determined by a sole arbitrator to be appointed by the Chairman of the Malta Arbitration Centre. The parties to the dispute may agree that three persons shall be appointed to hear and determine the dispute. Article 15(7) of the Arbitration Act shall not apply to those disputes referred to arbitration through the assistance of SportMalta.

(2) Where the parties to arbitration agree, the arbitral tribunal may decide a dispute on criteria of equity that are generally accepted and applied within the sport movement.