Section 7

the parties to the settlement must enter into a settlement agreement in the form prescribed by Rules of Court made under section 33;

the total amount payable to a party under the settlement agreement, in respect of every specified contractual dispute (if any) and every specified statutory dispute (if any) settled at the mediation, must not exceed the prescribed claim limit in section 12(7)(a) that is applicable to that party;

the total amount payable to a party under the settlement agreement, in respect of every wrongful dismissal dispute (if any) settled at the mediation, must not exceed the prescribed claim limit in section 12(7)(b) that is applicable to that party; and

the settlement agreement must be signed by or on behalf of each party.

the settlement agreement is, for the purposes of execution, of the same force and effect as if the settlement agreement had been a judgment given in the District Court and entered on the date of the registration;

proceedings may be taken on the settlement agreement as if the settlement agreement had been a judgment given in the District Court; and

any amount (payable to a person) for which the settlement agreement is registered carries interest as if that amount was a judgment debt.

set aside the registration of the settlement agreement; and

do either or both of the following:

set aside the settlement agreement;

refer any specified employment dispute purportedly resolved by the settlement agreement for mediation under this Part (if the settlement agreement arose from a mediation under this Part) or for tripartite mediation to be conducted by an approved mediator (if the settlement agreement arose from a tripartite mediation conducted by an approved mediator), with or without the consent of the parties to the settlement agreement.

the settlement agreement is void or voidable because of incapacity, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake or any other ground for invalidating a contract;

the settlement agreement includes subject matter that does not relate to a specified employment dispute;

any term of the settlement agreement is not capable of enforcement as an order made by a District Court;

the registration of the settlement agreement is contrary to public policy.

the approved mediator must issue to the claimant a claim referral certificate in respect of every unresolved specified employment dispute referred by the District Court, if —

the respondent is given reasonable notice of, but does not attend, the mediation;

no settlement is reached at the end of the mediation in relation to one or more of the specified employment disputes referred by the District Court; or

the approved mediator is satisfied that there is no reasonable prospect of settling through mediation one or more of the specified employment disputes referred by the District Court;

despite paragraph (a), if the claimant, without reasonable excuse, fails to attend any mediation session, the approved mediator may —

discontinue the mediation; and

refuse to issue to the claimant a claim referral certificate in respect of all or any of the unresolved specified employment disputes referred by the District Court.