S.L. 387.1 Art. 19Responsibility of notifying acts.

(1) The responsibility of notifying all acts and communicating them as required by the Act and these rules, shall lie solely with the party promoting such acts and the arbitral tribunal as the case may be, except in case of the Notice which shall be notified by the Registrar as required by these rules.

(2) The parties shall have the option of utilising the services of the Centre in relation to the deposit and notification of the statement of claim, the statement of defence, any attachments thereto and all subsequent and relating acts.

(3) Such option shall be adopted by means of a joint note signed by both claimant and respondent, endorsed by the arbitral tribunal and presented to the Registrar and shall be against such fees as are provided in Appendix A to these rules.

(4) When such an option is adopted, all parties and the arbitral tribunal shall thereafter deliver all pleadings and any attachments in the arbitral proceedings to the Centre for onward transmission to the other parties and the arbitral tribunal.

(5) Filing, deposit and notification of documents may be made electronically provided the parties, the arbitral tribunal and the Registrar have agreed to such system and have established means of authentication of electronic communications.

(6) When the parties select the option specified in sub-rule (2), all references in these rules and in the Act to the notification of acts to notify the parties or the arbitral tribunal shall be interpreted as referring to the Registrar, who shall notify the same to the arbitral tribunal and the other parties, as the case may be.