The Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, in exercise of its powers under Article 6(1) of Abu Dhabi Law No. 4/2013 concerning the Abu Dhabi Global Market, as amended, issued by His Highness the Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, hereby enacts the following Regulations –Amendments to the Arbitration Regulations 2015.

The Arbitration Regulations 2015 are amended as follows:

1. The insertion of new sections has required the renumbering of the sections following section 9 and the consequential correction of cross references. The renumbering and correction of cross references are not specifically set out below but have been recorded in the Regulations.

2. In section 3, subsection (2), the words ‘the UAE Civil Procedure Code’ (shall be deleted. The Law No. ‘11’ shall be deleted and replaced by the number ‘6’ and the year ‘1992’) shall be deleted and replaced by the words ‘2018 on Arbitration,’.

3. A new section 9 shall be inserted as follows:

   ‘9. Mandatory and non-mandatory provisions