Mediation Act 2017
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Number 27 of 2017 | ||
MEDIATION ACT 2017 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Mediation in General | ||
Obligations of Practising Solicitors and Barristers as regards Mediation | ||
Role of Court in Mediation, etc. | ||
18. Effect of mediation on limitation and prescription periods | ||
Mediation Information Sessions | ||
23. Mediation information sessions in family law and succession proceedings | ||
Amendment of other Acts | ||
25. Amendment of Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 | ||
Minimum Requirements in Relation to Council | ||
Acts Referred to | ||
Arbitration Act 2010 (No. 1) | ||
Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 (No. 6) | ||
Child Care Acts 1991 to 2015 | ||
Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 (No. 31) | ||
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24) | ||
Customs Act 2015 (No. 18) | ||
Domestic Violence Acts 1996 to 2011 | ||
Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940 (No. 23) | ||
Family Home Protection Act 1976 (No. 27) | ||
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976 (No. 11) | ||
Family Law Act 1981 (No. 22) | ||
Family Law Act 1995 (No. 26) | ||
Finance (Tax Appeals) Act 2015 (No. 59) | ||
Finance Act 2001 (No. 7) | ||
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 (No. 7) | ||
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65) | ||
Maintenance Act 1994 (No. 28) | ||
Property Values (Arbitrations and Appeals) Act 1960 (No. 45) | ||
Status of Children Act 1987 (No. 26) | ||
Succession Act 1965 (No. 27) | ||
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39) | ||
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16) | ||
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Number 27 of 2017 | ||
MEDIATION ACT 2017 | ||
An Act to facilitate the settlement of disputes by mediation, to specify the principles applicable to mediation, to specify arrangements for mediation as an alternative to the institution of civil proceedings or to the continuation of civil proceedings that have been instituted; to provide for codes of practice to which mediators may subscribe; to provide for the recognition of a body as the Mediation Council of Ireland for the purposes of this Act and to require that Council to make reports to the Minister for Justice and Equality as regards mediation in the State; to provide, by means of a scheme, an opportunity for parties to family law proceedings or proceedings under section 67A(3) or 117 of the Succession Act 1965 to attend mediation information sessions; to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 , the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 and the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[2nd October , 2017] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: |