Mediation Act definitions clarify mediation types, key roles like mediator, and mediated settlement agreements. Section 3 provides definitions key to the Act: it delineates types of mediation (court-annexed, institutional, community, pre-litigation, online, international), defines mediation as a consensual assisted process, and identifies core instruments and actors including mediator, mediation agreement, mediation communication, mediated settlement agreement, the Council, mediation institutes and mediation service providers, while clarifying technical terms like 'place of business' and 'secure electronic signature.'