S.L. 318.20 Art. 7Request of report.

(1) Where an allegation is made that some form of received, giving any relevant details and requesting a reply. On receipt of such notification, the management body shall submit a written reply within ten working days of the date of receipt of such notification, giving the management body’s version of events and any grounds for disputing the allegations, as well as an explanation of any relevant procedures adopted by the management body to prevent discriminatory treatment.

(2) Any correspondence referred to in subregulation (1) shall be admissible in proceedings brought before any court, and if it appears to the court that the management body deliberately, and without reasonable excuse, omitted to reply within ten working days of the date of receipt of such notification or that the reply was evasive or equivocal, the court may draw any inference from that fact that it considers just and equitable to draw, including an inference that an unlawful act was committed.