RENT REGULATION BOARD (MEDIATION) REGULATIONS (mediation)

RENT REGULATION BOARD (MEDIATION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 474.03

RENT REGULATION BOARD (MEDIATION)

REGULATIONS

1st September, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 364 of 2020.

The title of these regulations is Rent Regulation Board

(Mediation) Regulations.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise

requires-

(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 consent. In the case where both parties or any one of the parties

do not 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

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.

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GERODONTOLOGY - M.SC.

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.