Cap. 474 Art. 2Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of Governors of the Centre established by article 6; "the Centre" means the Malta Mediation Centre established by article 3; "chairman" means the chairman of the Board;

"domestic mediation" means any mediation of a civil, family, social, commercial and industrial nature;

"financial period" means a period of five years commencing on the first January of one year and ending on the thirty-first day of December of the fifth year thereafter: Provided that the first financial period of the Centre shall be the period commencing with the coming into force of Part III of this Act and ending on the thirty-first day of December of the year next following that on which the said Part III shall have come into force; "international mediation" shall include cross-border disputes of a civil and commercial nature except as regards rights and obligations which are not at the parties’ disposal under the relevant applicable law, and other disputes which national legislation may provide from time to time. It shall not extend, in particular, to revenue, customs or administrative matters or to the liability of the State for acts and omissions in the exercise of State authority (acta iure imperii); "mediation" means a process in which a mediator facilitates negotiations between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute; "mediation party" means a person that participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute;

*See Legal Notice 362 of 2020. "the Minister" means the Minister responsible for justice; "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; "proceedings" means a judicial, administrative, arbitral or other adjudicatory process; "registrar" means the registrar of the Board as defined under article 13.