LegalizeThe Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) Regulations 2011
Made: 18th April 2011
Laid before Parliament: 27th April 2011
Coming into force: 20th May 2011
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PART 1 — General
Citation, commencement, application and extent
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Interpretation
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PART 2 — Mediation Evidence
Mediation Evidence
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PART 3 — Extension of Time Limits in View of Mediation in Certain Cross-border Disputes - Amendments to Primary Legislation
Amendments to the Prescription Act 1832
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Amendments to the Equal Pay Act 1970
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Amendments to the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 Act
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Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975
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Amendments to the Limitation Act 1980
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Amendments to the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 1984
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Amendments to the Employment Rights Act 1996
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Amendments to the Land Registration Act 2002
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Amendments to the Equality Act 2010
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PART 4 — Extension of Time Limits in View of Mediation in Certain Cross-border Disputes - Amendments to Secondary Legislation
Amendments to the Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) Order 1994
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Amendments to the Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (Scotland) Order 1994
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Amendments to the Working Time Regulations 1998
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Amendments to the Land Registration Rules 2003
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Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
J Djanogly — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 2011-04-18
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations are made as part of the implementation of Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters (the Mediation Directive).
Part 1 of these Regulations (regulations 1 to 8) contain general provisions about citation, commencement, application and extent of these Regulations, as well as provisions on interpretation.
Part 2 of these Regulations (regulations 9 and 10) contains regulations about the provision by mediators and those involved in the administration of the mediation process of evidence arising out of mediation of cross-border disputes that are within the scope of the Mediation Directive. This Part has been included in relation to the implementation of article 7 of the Mediation Directive (Confidentiality of mediation).
Part 3 (regulations 11 to 58) and Part 4 (regulations 59 to 73) contain amendments to primary and secondary legislation respectively, in relation to time limits that expire while mediation is ongoing of cross-border disputes that are within the scope of the Mediation Directive. These Parts have been included in relation to the implementation of article 8 of the Mediation Directive (Effect of mediation on limitation and prescription periods).
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a) and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) section 3(3), Schedule, Part 1. The Secretary of State is designated in relation to mediation by S.I. 2010/2690, article 2(1)(a).
[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2011/234.
[^f00003]: O.J. L 136, 24.05.2008, p.3.
[^f00004]: 1832 c.71.
[^f00005]: 1970 c.41.
[^f00006]: Section 2ZA was inserted by S.I. 2003/1656, regulation 4. The section was modified, in relation to an equal treatment rule, by the Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) Regulations 1995, S.I. 1995/3138, reg 2(1)(a), (2) (as amended by S.I. 2005/1923, regulations 2, 4 and 5).
[^f00007]: 2010 c.15. The whole of the Equal Pay Act 1970 was repealed by the Equality Act 2010, s.211(2), Schedule 27, Part 1 (as amended by S.I. 2010/2279, articles 2, 13 and Schedule 2). This was subject to savings (see S.I. 2010/2317, articles 11(1), 15 and 16 and Schedule 3).
[^f00008]: 1973 c.52.
[^f00009]: Section 22A was inserted by the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c.43) section 6(6) and Schedule 1, paragraph 10 and amended by the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 1), section 23(5).
[^f00010]: Section 22CA was inserted by the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 1), section 23(6)
[^f00011]: 1975 c.65.
[^f00012]: 2010 c.15. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 was repealed by the Equality Act 2010, s.211(2), Schedule 27, Part 1 (as amended by S.I. 2010/2279, articles 2, 13 and Schedule 2). This was subject to savings (see S.I. 2010/2317, articles 11(1), 15 and 16, 18(1), 18(2) and Schedules 1, 3 and 5).
[^f00013]: Section 76(1) was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8), section 1(2)(a) and the Armed Forces Act 1996 (c.46), section 21(6).
[^f00014]: Section 76(2) was amended by the Race Relations Act 1976 (c.74), section 79(4), Schedule 4, paragraph 8.
[^f00015]: 1980, c.58.
[^f00016]: Section 33(8) was amended by the Consumer Protection Act 1987, section 6, Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 6.
[^f00017]: 1984 c.16.
[^f00018]: 1996 c.18. The following sections were amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c.8): Section 11(4); Section 34(2); Section 48(3); Section 51(2); Section 54(2); Section 57(2); Section 60(2); Section 70(2) and (5). Section 57B(2) was inserted by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c.26), section 8, Schedule 4, Part II. Section 63C was inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30), section 33. Section 63I was inserted by the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22), section 40(1) and (2). Section 80 was substituted by the Employment Relations Act 1999, section 7, Schedule 4, Part I. Section 80H was inserted by the Employment Act 2002, section 47(1) and (2).
[^f00019]: Section 164(1)(c) and (2) are subject to Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(a).
[^f00020]: 2002 c.9.
[^f00021]: 2010, c.15.
[^f00022]: S.I. 1994/1623. The title to the instrument was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(b).
[^f00023]: Article 7 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(a).
[^f00024]: Article 8 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(a).
[^f00025]: S.S.I. 1994/1624. The title to the instrument was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(b).
[^f00026]: Article 7 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(a) and by the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/752).
[^f00027]: Article 8 was amended by the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998, section 1(2)(a).
[^f00028]: S.I. 1998/1833.
[^f00029]: S.I. 2003/1417.
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