Sec. 1-5. Scope of application.

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(a)This Act applies to international commercial arbitration, subject to any agreement in force between the United States and any other country or countries.

(b)The provisions of this Act, except Sections 5-10 and 5-15, apply only if the place of arbitration is in the State of Illinois.

(c)An arbitration is international if:

(1)the parties to an arbitration agreement have, at the time of the conclusion of

execution of that agreement, their places of business in different countries; or

(2)one of the following places is situated outside the country or countries in which

the parties have their places of business:

(i)the place of arbitration if determined in, or pursuant to, the arbitration agreement or

(ii)the place where the predominant part of the obligations of the commercial relationship is to be performed or the place with which the subject matter of the dispute is most closely connected; or

(3)the parties have expressly agreed that the subject matter of the arbitration

agreement relates to more than one country.

(d)For the purposes of subsection

(c)of this Section:

(1)If a party has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which

has the closest relationship to the arbitration agreement.

(2)If a party does not have a place of business, reference is to be made to his or her

habitual residence.

(e)This Act shall not affect any other law in force in the State of Illinois by virtue of which certain disputes may not be submitted to arbitration or may be submitted to arbitration only according to provisions other than those of this Act.