Rent Regulation Board (Mediation) Regulations, 2020

L.N. 364 of 2020

RELETTING OF URBAN PROPERTY

(REGULATION) ORDINANCE

(CAP. 69)

MEDIATION ACT

(CAP. 474)

Rent Regulation Board (Mediation) Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 45 of the

Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation) Ordinance, and by article 33

of the Mediation Act, the Minister responsible for Justice, has made

the following regulations

The title of these regulations is Rent Regulation Board Citation.

(Mediation) Regulations, 2020.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires -

Definitions.

(a) "Centre" means the Malta Mediation

Centre

established by article 3 of the Mediation Act;

(b)

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Justice;

(c)

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Mediation

Centre.

(1) Parties to mediation may select a mediator by mutual Selection of

consent. In the case where both parties or any one of the parties do not mediator.

agree, they shall, within fifteen (15) days from the date of notification,

apply to the Registrar for the appointment of a mediator in accordance

to article 19 of the Mediation Act.

(2) In the case where the parties or none of the parties fail to

communicate their request for the appointment of a mediator to the

Registrar, the Registrar shall forthwith, and after the period established

in sub-regulation (1) proceed to nominate a mediator in accordance to

article 20 of the Mediation Act.

(3) Where the parties select a mediator by mutual consent or

the mediator is chosen in accordance to article 20 of the Mediation Cap. 474.

Act, the fees due to such mediator shall be a charge to the Centre, in

accordance to the Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) Regulations.

(1) Proceedings for mediation relating to all new disputes

regarding leases agreed between parties on the 31 st May 1995, or prior

to this date, shall as from the coming into force of these regulations, be

conducted according to the provisions of article 34 of the Mediation

Act.

(2) The letting agreements applicable shall include such leases

stipulated under article 44 of the Reletting of Urban Property

(Regulation) Ordinance.

The Rent Regulation Board shall give authorization by

decree in camera when so required on any demand made in accordance

with article 34 of the Mediation Act, and shall also have the discretion

if this is necessary during the mediation, to hear the parties;

The Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) Regulations shall,

mutatis mutandis, apply to these regulations.

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