Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

L.N. 365 of 2020

MEDIATION ACT

(CAP. 474)

Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 30 of the

Mediation Act, the Minister responsible for Justice, Equality and

Governance in concurrence with the Minister responsible for finance

and financial services, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Mediation Act (Tariff of Citation.

Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 and these regulations shall be

read and construed as one with the Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) S.L. 474.01.

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations, shall be amended Amends

regulation 2 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) for the words "A non-refundable fee" there shall be

substituted the words "A fee"; and

(b) paragraph (b) thereof shall be re-numbered as

paragraph (c) and immediately after paragraph (a) there shall be

added the following new paragraph

"(b) for disputes that are referred to the Centre, by

the Rent Regulation Board, the applicable registration

fee shall be nil, including the payment for the issuance of

notifications for the letter before the Rent Regulation

Board in accordance with article 34 of the Mediation

Act. The expenses established under article 7 to the tariff

annexed to the Fees of the Rent Regulation Board

Regulation shall be due to the Registry;".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 4 of

substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"4. (1) Mediators shall be entitled to receive such fees

for services rendered for conducting mediation sessions

between the parties, as agreed in writing between the parties and

the mediator prior to the commencement of proceedings.

(2) Mediators nominated in accordance with article

34(3) of the Mediation Act shall be entitled to receive 50 euro

(€50) per session, exclusive of value added tax, which payment

shall be paid by the Centre.".

Immediately after regulation 5 of the principal regulations,

Adds new

regulation to the

there shall be added the following new regulation

principal

regulations.

" Partial refund

In cases where agreement in full has

of the

been reached as a result of the mediation, the

applicable

parties shall be entitled to a refund amounting to

filing fee.

half of the applicable filing fees.".

€0.18