and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction)

L.N. 111 of 2012

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP. 12)

CIVIL CODE

(CAP. 16)

The Civil Court (Family Section), The First Hall of the Civil Court

and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction)

(Family Section) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 193A and

470 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure and by article 37

of the Civil Code, the Minister for Justice, Dialogue and the Family

has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is The Civil Court Citation and

(Family Section), The First Hall of the Civil Court and the Court of commencement.

Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction) (Family Section)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and they shall be read and construed

with The Civil Court (Family Section), The First Hall of the Civil S.L. 12.20

Court and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (Superior Jurisdiction)

(Family Section) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal

regulations".

(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on the 1 st April, 2012.

Immediately after regulation 13

of

the

principal Adds a new

regulation to the

regulations there shall be added the following

principal

regulations.

In order to ensure that students training at

"Training for

students studying to

the University of Malta to become mediators benefit

become mediators.

from any placements with mediators, the following

rules shall be observed

(a)

a student reading for a Master of Arts

in Mediation at the University of Malta shall

declare on oath that he will maintain the

confidentiality of the proceedings. Such

declaration shall be filed in the registry of the

Civil Court (Family Section);

(b) prior to such a student attending

mediation, the mediator shall obtain the prior

consent of the parties;

(c)

such student may take an active role

in the mediation proceedings under the guidance

of a mediator provided that the consent referred

to in paragraph (b) has been obtained;

(d) should any party to a mediation

process at any time request the student to leave

the mediation sitting, then the student shall

immediately withdraw from that sitting.".

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