78B-10-111 - International commercial mediation.

78B-10-111. International commercial mediation.
(1) In this section:
(a) "International commercial mediation" means an international commercial conciliationas defined in Article 1 of the Model Law.
(b) "Model Law" means the Model Law on International Commercial Conciliationadopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on 28 June 2002 andrecommended by the United Nations General Assembly in a resolution (A/RES/57/18) dated 19November 2002.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (3) and (4), if a mediation is aninternational commercial mediation, the mediation is governed by the Model Law.
(3) Unless the parties agree in accordance with Subsection 78B-10-103(3) that all or partof an international commercial mediation is not privileged, Sections 78B-10-104 through78B-10-106 and any applicable definitions in Section 78B-10-102 of this chapter apply to themediation and nothing in Article 10 of the Model Law derogates from Sections 78B-10-104through 78B-10-106.
(4) If the parties to an international commercial mediation agree under Article 1, Section(7), of the Model Law that the Model Law does not apply, this chapter applies.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session