Division 18 The mediation procedure shall be terminated:

1. (a)

   by the adoption of a mutually agreed solution by the Parties, on the date of adoption;

2. (b)

   by a written declaration of the mediator, after consultation with the Parties, that further efforts at mediation would be to no avail, on the date of that declaration;

3. (c)

   by a mutual agreement of the Parties at any stage of the procedure, on the date of that agreement; or

4. (d)

   by a written and substantiated declaration of a Party after exploring mutually agreed solutions under the mediation procedure, on the date of that declaration.

The termination of the mediation procedure is without prejudice to paragraph 17.