2.— (1) In this Act:

“arbitration” means—

(a) an international commercial arbitration, or

(b) an arbitration which is not an international commercial arbitration;

“arbitration agreement” shall be construed in accordance with Option 1 of Article 7;

“award” includes a partial award;

“consumer” means a natural person, whether in the State or not, who is acting for purposes outside the person’s trade, business or profession;

“Geneva Convention” means the Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards done at Geneva on the 26th day of September, 1927, the text of which is set out in Schedule 4;

“Geneva Protocol” means the Protocol on Arbitration Clauses opened at Geneva on the 24th day of September, 1923, the text of which is set out in Schedule 5 ;

“Minister” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform;

“Model Law” means the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (as adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 21 June 1985, with amendments as adopted by that Commission at its thirty-ninth session on 7 July 2006), the text of which is set out in Schedule 1;

“New York Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York on 10 June 1958, the text of which is set out in Schedule 2;

“State authority” means—

(a) a Minister of the Government,

(b) the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland,

(c) the Irish Land Commission,

(d) the Revenue Commissioners,

(e) a body established by or under any enactment, andfinanced wholly or partly, whether directly or indirectly, by moneys provided, or loans made or guaranteed, by a Minister of the Government or the issue of shares held by or on behalf of any Minister of the Government;

“Washington Convention” means the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States opened for signature in Washington on 18 March 1965, the text of which is set out in Schedule 3.

(2) In this Act—

(a) a word or expression that is used in this Act and that is also used in the Model Law has, unless the context otherwise requires, the same meaning in this Act as it has in the Model Law, and

(b) a reference to an Article is a reference to an Article of the Model Law.