In acting as arbitrator, the appeals board has all the powers which it has in compensation cases, and its findings and award upon an arbitration have the same conclusiveness and are subject to the same mode of reopening, review, and enforcement as in compensation cases.

No fee or cost shall be charged by the appeals board for acting as arbitrator.

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(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1513.)