Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of "section 14(1)(c)(i)" for "section 14(1)(a)",

(ii) in paragraph (b) by the substitution of "section 14(1)(c)(ii)" for "section 14(1)(b)",

(iii) in paragraph (ii), by the deletion of subparagraph (II), and

(iv) by the deletion of paragraph (iii),

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

"(1A) Despite the making by a respondent of a statement referred to in section 14(1)(a), the Board shall not be required to arrange for mediation under Chapter 1A of the relevant claim concerned (or, as appropriate, shall discontinue any such mediation which it has arranged) if any of paragraphs (i) to (ix) of subsection (1) applies in relation to the relevant claim concerned.",

and

(c) in subsection (3), by the insertion of "or the carrying out of mediation under Chapter 1A" after "an assessment under section 20".