(2) All Family Justice Rules made under this section are to be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
Rules
15.—(1) The Minister may make rules prescribing matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) does not extend to any matter for which Rules of Court or Family Justice Rules mentioned in section 13 or 14 (as the case may be) may be made.
Consequential amendment to Family Justice Act 2014
16. Section 22(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014) is amended by deleting the words “17(a), (d), (e) and (f)” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “17(1)(a), (d), (e), (f) and (g)”.
Related amendment to Legal Profession Act
17. The Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161, 2009 Ed.) is amended by inserting, immediately after section 35A, the following section:
- “Sections 32 and 33 not to extend to mediation
- 35B.—(1) Sections 32 and 33 do not extend to—
- (a) any certified mediator conducting any mediation;
- (b) any mediator conducting any mediation which is administered by a designated mediation service provider;
- (c) any foreign lawyer representing any party in any mediation that—
- (i) is conducted by a certified mediator or administered by a designated mediation service provider; and