(1) This section applies to the following (in this section referred to as "proceedings"):

(a) legal proceedings involving law or practice relating to the protection of human rights which a person has instituted or wishes to institute;

(b) legal proceedings in the course of which a person relies on or wishes to rely on such law or practice;

(c) the making of a reference or application under -

(i) this Part,

(ii) Part III of the Act of 2000,

(iii) Part VII of the Act of 1998,

(iv) section 19 of the Act of 2003, or

(v) any legal proceedings resulting from or arising out of a reference or application referred to in subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv),

in circumstances where a person considers that a club referred to in section 8 of the Act of 2000 is a discriminating club within the meaning of that section, or discrimination has been directed against him or her by another person, or that he or she has been adversely affected by the failure or refusal by another person -