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Rh (3) A party who is an individual may be represented by such other individual as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 34.

(4) For the purposes of subsections (2)(e) and (3), the regulations made under section 34 may prescribe different individuals for different parties and different circumstances.

(5) In this section—
 * “body corporate” includes a limited liability partnership as defined in section 2(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);
 * “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, partner, member of the committee of management, chief executive, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate.

Claim referral certificate

6.—(1) This section applies where—
 * (a) a claimant submits to the Commissioner a mediation request; and
 * (b) the Commissioner refers any specified employment dispute listed in that request to an approved mediator.

(2) The approved mediator to whom is referred any specified employment dispute in a mediation request must issue to the claimant a claim referral certificate in respect of every unresolved specified employment dispute listed in the mediation request, if—
 * (a) the respondent is given reasonable notice of, but does not attend, the mediation for that dispute;
 * (b) no settlement is reached at the end of the mediation in relation to one or more of the specified employment disputes listed in the mediation request; or
 * (c) the approved mediator is satisfied that there is no reasonable prospect of settling through mediation the specified employment dispute.