1. Short title

Terms defined in s 2

• Convention

  Convention

  Defined · s 2

  “Convention” means the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the Singapore Convention on Mediation, opened for signature on 7 August 2019 in Singapore, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule;

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• mediation

  mediation

  Defined · s 2

  “mediation” means a process (whether referred to by the expression “mediation” or “conciliation” or any term of similar import) —(a)by which the parties to the mediation attempt to reach an amicable settlement of their dispute with the assistance of one or more third parties (called in this Act the mediator); and(b)in which the mediator lacks the authority to impose a solution upon the parties to the dispute;

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