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Property Practitioners Act, 2019 (Act No. 22 of 2019)

Regulations

Property Practitioners Regulations, 2022

Chapter 3 : Compliance, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution

7. Notice of Mediation

 

7.1 A notice of mediation contemplated in section 26 (4) of the Act must be in the following format—

 

 

 

 

[Insert Authority's letterhead]

[Insert date]

To:        [Insert  name of complainant] (the "Complainant")

[insert address of complainant

 

And

 

To:        [Insert  name of respondent] (the "Respondent")

[insert address of respondent

 

(the "Parties")

 

BY HAND

BY POST: [Insert business or residential address]

 

Dear [Sirs / Sir / Madam]

 

RE: NOTICE OF MEDIATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 26 (4) OF THE PROPERTY PRACTITIONERS ACT, NO 22 OF 2019 (THE "ACT")

 

1 The Parties are hereby called upon to appear at [insert location] on [insert date], at [insert time] before the undersigned mediator (the "Mediator") of the Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (the "Authority"), for the purposes of mediating a complaint [lodged by the Complainant] / [formulated by the Authority] (delete whichever is inapplicable) of [insert short description of nature of claim] against the Respondent, in respect of which complaint the Parties have already been informed in writing delivered to them either personally, or by prepaid registered mail to their business or residential address as per the Authority's records.

 

2 The mediation will be conducted in accordance with the procedure determined by the Mediator and attached hereto.

 

3 The Parties are further notified that—

 

3.1 neither of them is obliged to attend the mediation; and

 

3.2 nothing said by the Parties during the mediation may be used against the Respondent in any other legal proceedings relating to the subject matter of the complaint against him / her / it.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

___________________________

[INSERT NAME OF SIGNATORY]

Mediator

Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority