(1) This section applies to a dispute that has been referred to
Community Justice Centres for mediation by an order of a court or tribunal
under a provision of another Act or of a statutory rule.
(2) The Director may
accept, or decline to accept, a dispute to which this section applies for
mediation under this Act.
(3) If the Director accepts a dispute to which this
section applies for mediation:
(b) a mediator assigned by the Director to conduct the
mediation sessions in relation to the dispute is taken to be the mediator
appointed by the court or tribunal that made the order referring the dispute
for mediation or the mediator specified in the order, as the case may be.
(4)
Unless otherwise provided by the regulations:
(a) the provisions of this Act
(except section 23 (1) and (3)) apply to the mediation under this Act of a
dispute to which this section applies and to the mediators conducting the
mediation sessions in relation to the dispute, and
(b) the provisions of the
Act or statutory rule under which an order was made referring such a dispute
for mediation under this Act, and the terms of the order:
(i) apply to the
mediation of the dispute under this Act and to the mediators conducting the
mediation sessions in relation to the dispute in the same way as they apply to
mediation under the Act or statutory rule under which the referring order was
made and mediators conducting mediation under that Act or statutory rule, and
(ii) so apply except to the extent to which they are inconsistent with
subsection (3) or the other provisions of this Act applied by paragraph (a).
(5) If the Director accepts a dispute to which this section applies for
mediation under this Act, the Director is to provide a written report on the
outcome of the mediation or attempted mediation to the court or tribunal that
referred the matter for mediation.
(6) If the Director declines to accept a
dispute to which this section applies for mediation under this Act, the
Director is to give the court or tribunal that referred the matter for
mediation notice in writing of the Director's decision and the reason for the
decision.