Arbitration and compensation 10 18 (1) Any question which is by any Act (including a local or private Act) directed, in whatever 1 terms, to be determined by a person or one or more persons selected from either of the following panels— (a) the panel of official arbitrators appointed under the Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act 1919, and 15 (b) the panel of referees appointed under Part I of the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910, or which is so directed to be determined in the absence of agreement to the contrary. (2) Any other question of disputed compensation under the Lands Clauses Acts, where the claim is for the injurious affection of any land. (3) Any question arising as to the apportionment mentioned in section 116 of the Lands 20 Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 or section 109 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, of any rent charge or other matter to which that section applies. (4) Any question on which, but for this provision, an appeal or reference to the county court would or might be made by virtue of section 62 or 87 of the Local Government Act 1948. 25 19 The Court may exercise any other jurisdiction conferred by any Act (including a local or private Act), or instrument made under any such Act, on a person or one or more persons selected as mentioned in paragraph 18(1)(a). 20 The Court may act as arbitrator under a reference by consent, and any agreement entered into before the commencement of the 1949 Act which provides for referring any matter 30 to arbitration by a person or one or more persons is to, subject to any subsequent agreement, have effect as if it provided for referring the matter to arbitration by the Court. Community rights to buy...