44. (1) Section 95(4) of the Principal Act is amended in paragraph (c) by substituting “persons who participated in” for “persons who attended”.

(2) Section 95(5) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting “Board” for “Director”.

(3) Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (5):

“(5A) Notwithstanding that, following a mediation, the parties have signed an agreement that resolves the dispute concerned, each of the parties may, not later than 10 days from the completion of the mediation concerned, notify the mediator and the Board in writing that he or she no longer agrees with that agreement and does not wish to be bound by it.

(5B) In this section and section 96, the ‘date of the completion of the mediation’ means—

(a) the date that the document referred to in subsection (3)(b) is signed by each of the parties, or

(b) where the document is signed by the parties on different dates, the later of those dates.”.

(4) Section 95 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (6).