Article 31
The Regulations shall become effective on May 1, 2011.
The Amendment shall become effective on the date of promulgation.

Article 3
In case that an application for arbitration has one of the following situations, the competent authority shall order the applicant to correct within a given period. If the correction cannot be made after the expiration of the period, the application shall not be accepted:
1. When one of the parties is not consistent with one of the following requirements:
(a) Being a natural person.
(b) Being a juristic person.
(c) Being an unincorporated organization with a person in charge or an administrator.
(d) Being an administrative agency.
(e) Being a subject with rights and obligations in accordance with other statutes.
2. When the application is filed by an agent without full authority.
3. When the application is inconsistent with the required procedures and formalities or inadequate with other requirements.
4. When the arbitration is in progress and the same application for arbitration is filed again.
5. When the application for a handed-over arbitration is filed in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 25 of the Act and the written agreement required is inadequate.
In case that an arbitrator with full authority or arbitration committee discovers that one of the situations referred to in the preceding paragraph occurs during the arbitration process, the arbitrator or arbitration committee shall report to the competent authority for action to be taken.
In case that the matters contained in the application for arbitration are still covered by an arbitration award in effect, the competent authority shall not accept the application.