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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_95 > GS_95-36_6§95‑36.6. Appointment of arbitrators.
The parties may by agreementdetermine the method of appointment of the arbitrator or arbitration panel. Ifthe parties have agreed upon arbitration under this Article and have nototherwise agreed upon the number of arbitrators or the method for theirappointment, the controversy shall be heard and decided by a single arbitratordesignated in such manner as the Commissioner of Labor shall determine. Anyperson or agency selected by agreement or otherwise to appoint an arbitrator orarbitrators shall send by registered mail to each of the parties to theproposed proceeding notice of the demand for arbitration. The arbitrator orarbitration panel, as the case may be, shall have such powers and duties as areconferred by the voluntary agreement of the parties, and, if there is noagreement to the contrary, shall have power to decide the arbitrability as wellas the merits of the dispute. (1945, c. 1045, s. 5; 1947,c. 379, ss. 1‑3; 1951, c. 1103, s. 1.)
