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16 (3) Despite subsection (2), if a claimant submits a mediation request but fails, without reasonable excuse, to attend any mediation session to which that request relates, the approved mediator may—
 * (a) discontinue the mediation; and
 * (b) refuse to issue to the claimant a claim referral certificate in respect of all or any of the unresolved specified employment disputes listed in that request.

(4) In this section, a specified employment dispute listed in a mediation request is unresolved if the dispute—
 * (a) is not settled; and
 * (b) is not withdrawn from the list of specified employment disputes in the mediation request.

Settlement of specified employment dispute

7.—(1) Where a specified employment dispute is settled at a mediation under this Part, or at a tripartite mediation conducted by an approved mediator—
 * (a) the parties to the settlement must enter into a settlement agreement in such form as may be prescribed by Rules of Court made under section 33;
 * (b) the total amount payable to a party under the settlement agreement must not exceed the prescribed claim limit in section 12(7) which is applicable to that party; and
 * (c) the settlement agreement must be signed by or on behalf of each party.

(2) A District Court may register a settlement agreement on the application of any party to the settlement agreement, but may refuse to register if the application is not made within the period prescribed by Rules of Court made under section 33 for this purpose.

(3) Where the settlement agreement is registered in a District Court—
 * (a) the settlement agreement is, for the purposes of execution, of the same force and effect as if the settlement agreement had