This section applies to any proceedings relating to a contravention of this Act.
If there are facts from which the court could decide, in the absence of any other explanation, that a person (A) contravened the provision concerned, the court must hold that the contravention occurred.
But subsection (2) does not apply if A shows that A did not contravene the provision.
The reference to a contravention of this Act includes a reference to a breach of an equality clause or rule.
This section does not apply to proceedings for an offence under this Act.
A reference to the court includes a reference to—
an employment tribunal;
the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal;
the Special Immigration Appeals Commission;
the First-tier Tribunal;
the Education Tribunal for Wales;
the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Health and Education Chamber .