Mediation Act 2017
Number 27 of 2017
MEDIATION ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Mediation Act 2017. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 (42/2018), enacted 27 December 2018, and all statutory instruments up to and including Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 1 of 2019), made 3 January 2019, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 27 of 2017
MEDIATION ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
1. Short title and commencement
Mediation in General
11. Enforceability of mediation settlements
Obligations of Practising Solicitors and Barristers as regards Mediation
14. Practising solicitor and mediation
15. Practising barrister and mediation
Role of Court in Mediation, etc.
16. Court inviting parties to consider mediation
18. Effect of mediation on limitation and prescription periods
19. Adjourning court proceedings to facilitate mediation
21. Factors to be considered by court in awarding costs
22. Amendment of Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004
Mediation Information Sessions
23. Mediation information sessions in family law and succession proceedings
Amendment of other Acts
24. Amendment of Guardianship of Infants Act 1964
25. Amendment of Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989
26. Amendment of Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996
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
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (No. 9)
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 (Divorce) Act 1996 (No. 33)
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)
Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989 (No. 6)
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65)
Maintenance Act 1994 (No. 28)
Property Values (Arbitrations and Appeals) Act 1960 (No. 45)
Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000 (No. 37)
Status of Children Act 1987 (No. 26)
Succession Act 1965 (No. 27)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997(No. 39)
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16)
Number 27 of 2017
MEDIATION ACT 2017
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2019
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: