(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;