Originally from Arbitration Law of Canada: Practice and Procedure, 3rd Ed.

APPENDIX 6
BRITISH COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ACT

[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 233

Preamble
WHEREAS British Columbia, and in particular the City of Vancouver, is becoming an international financial and commercial centre;
AND WHEREAS disputes in international commercial agreements are often resolved by means of arbitration;
AND WHEREAS British Columbia has not previously enjoyed a hospitable legal environment for international commercial arbitrations;
AND WHEREAS there are divergent views in the international commercial and legal communities respecting the conduct of, and the degree and nature of judicial intervention in, international commercial arbitrations;
AND WHEREAS the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law has adopted the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law which reflects a consensus of views on the conduct of, and degree and nature of judicial intervention in, international commercial arbitrations;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: