16
NO. 1 OF 2017
Consequential and related amendments to Supreme Court of Judicature Act
18. The Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322, 2007 Ed.) is amended—
- (a) by deleting the word “and” at the end of section 17(e);
- (b) by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (f) of section 17 and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:
- “(g) jurisdiction under the Mediation Act 2017 to record a mediated settlement agreement made in a mediation, in relation to a dispute for which no proceedings have been commenced in a court, as an order of court.”;
- (c) by renumbering section 17 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:
- “(2) In this section, “mediated settlement agreement” and “mediation” have the same meanings as in the Mediation Act 2017.”; and
- (d) by deleting the words “section 17(b) or (c)” in section 28A(2)(a)(ii) and substituting the words “section 17(1)(b) or (c)”.
Transitional provisions
19.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), this Act does not apply to, or in relation to, any mediation which commences before the appointed day.
(2) This Act or any provision of this Act may apply to, or in relation to, a mediation which commences before the appointed day if—
- (a) that mediation is not completed or terminated, and no mediated settlement agreement is made, as at that day; and
- (b) all the parties to that mediation agree that this Act or the provision is to apply to, or in relation to, that mediation.
