(6) Where a party makes a request or makes an application to the
appointing authority under subsection (3), (4) or (5), the appointing
authority shall, in appointing an arbitrator, have regard to the
following:
(a) the nature of the subject-matter of the arbitration;
(b) the availability of any arbitrator;
(c) the identities of the parties to the arbitration;
(d) any suggestion made by any of the parties regarding the appointment of any arbitrator;
(e) any qualifications required of the arbitrator by the arbitration agreement; and
(f) such considerations as are likely to secure the appointment of an independent and impartial arbitrator.