The Florida Senate

684.06  Conduct of the arbitration.--

(1)  Except as provided in this chapter or in the written undertaking to arbitrate, the arbitral tribunal shall conduct the arbitration as it deems appropriate, including determination of the language to be used.

(2)  The arbitral tribunal shall have the power to rule on all challenges to its jurisdiction. This shall include, without limitation, challenges based on the claim that the written undertaking to arbitrate does not exist or does not give rise to a valid and enforceable agreement, challenges asserting that the dispute is not within the scope of the questions referable to arbitration or is otherwise nonarbitrable, and challenges to the composition of, or method used in forming, the tribunal.

History.--s. 1, ch. 86-266.