GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA

STATUTORY INSTRUMENT NO. 98 OF 2007

The Industrial and Labour Relations Act(Laws, Volume 15, Cap. 269)

The Industrial Relations Court (Arbitration andMediation Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 2007

IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in section ninety-six theIndustrial and Labour Relations Act, the following Rules are herebymade:

1. These Rules may be cited as the Industrial Relations Court(Arbitration and Mediation Procedure) (Amendment) Rules, 2007,and shall be read as one with the Industrial Relations Court(Arbitration and Mediation Procedure) Rules, 2002, in these Rulesrefferred to as the principal Rules.

2. Rule 12 of the principal Rules is amended by the deletion ofsub-rule (1) and the substitution therefor of the folloowingsub-rule:

(1) The Court or a judge may refer any action to mediationat any stage of the proceedings except where the Court orjudge considers a case unsuitable for referral to mediation.

3. The principal rules are amended by the repeal of rules 23and 24 and the substitution therefor of the following rules:

23. Every mediator shall at the close of mediation returnto the mediation officer the case record together withmediator’s report as set out in Form 5 of the First Schedule.

24. (1) If the mediation fails the mediator shall not morethan ten days after the close of the mediation proceedingsreturn the case record to the mediation officer with a reportstating that mediation has failed.

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S.I. 26 of2002

Supplementary to the Republic of Zambia Government 459Gazette dated Friday, 7th December, 2007

Amendmentof rule 12

Repeal andreplacementof rule 23and 24

Mediator toreturn caserecord

Procedureon failure ofmediation

460 Statutory Instruments 7th December, 2007

(2) The mediation officer shall not more than seven daysafter receipt of the report referred to in sub-rule (1) submitthe case record to the Court or judge who shall not morethan fourteen days after receipt of the case record from themediation officer summon the parties for setting down thehearing date.

4. The principal Rules are amended by the repeal of rule 25.

5. Rule 26 of the principal Rule is amended in sub-rule 3 by thedeletion of the words “ as may be thought reasonable by the mediator” and the substitution therefor of the words “ not exceeding thirtydays ”.

6. The principal Rules are amended by the repeal of rule 29.

S. NYUNDO,Chairman

LUSAKA Industrial Relations Court28th November, 2007

Repeal ofrule 25

Repeal ofrule 29

Amendmentof rule 26