MEDIATION ACT (TARIFF OF FEES) [ S.L.474.01 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 474.01 MEDIATION ACT (TARIFF OF FEES) REGULATIONS 1st December, 2008 * LEGAL NOTICE 309 of 2008, as amended by Legal Notice 365 of 2020 and Act XXIV of 2021. 1. The title of these regulations is the Mediation Act (Tariff of Fees) Regulations. Citation. 2. A fee, hereinafter referred to as "the registration fee" shall become payable to the Malta Mediation Centre, hereinafter referred to as "the Centre", for disputes referred to the Centre. The applicable registration fees shall be as follows: Fees payable for disputes referred to Centre. Amended by: L.N. 365 of 2020; XXIV.2021.45. (
- a)for disputes referred to the Centre after litigious proceedings would have already commenced in a Court or other adjudicatory authority, whether such dispute is referred to the Centre by such Court or other adjudicatory authority or by the parties to the proceedings, the applicable registration fee shall be 50 euro; (
- b)for disputes that are referred to the Centre voluntarily by the mediation parties or according to law, the applicable registration fees shall be as follows: (
- i)for family mediations .................. 35 euro; (
- ii)for mediations involving voluntary organizations as defined by article 3 of the Voluntary Organisations Act ....... 35 euro; (iii) for mediations involving any other authority, in all cases ......... 50 euro; (
- iv)for disputes that do not involve a monetary value ........................... 70 euro; and (
- v)for all other disputes ................... 120 euro. 3.
(1)The Board of Governors of the Centre shall in all cases have the authority to determine, on the basis of the provisions of these regulations, the registration fee payable in connection with a particular referral for mediation.
(2)The authority granted to the Board of Governors of the Centre according to sub-regulation
(1)may be designated to, and accordingly become exercisable by, the Registrar of the Centre.
(3)All registration fees shall become payable to the Centre upon the referral being made and in any event before the commencement of the mediation process. *see regulation 1
(2)of these Regulations, as originally promulgated. Cap.
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(1)Mediators shall be entitled to receive such fees for services rendered for conducting mediation sessions between the parties, as agreed in writing between the parties and the mediator prior to the commencement of proceedings.
(2)Mediators nominated in accordance with article 34
(3)of the Mediation Act shall be entitled to receive 50 euro (€50) per session, exclusive of value added tax, which payment shall be paid by the Centre.
- The registration fee due to the Centre shall be paid in advance and the Centre shall not be obliged to appoint a mediator or in any manner to take cognizance of any case referred to it unless full payment of the fees has been effected.
- In cases where agreement in full has been reached as a result of the mediation, the parties shall be entitled to a refund amounting to half of the applicable filing fees.