14S—In section 116 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (time limits for exercising powers under compulsory purchase orders) there shall be added at the end the following paragraph—
“For the purposes of this section no account shall be taken of any period during which an authority are, by virtue of Schedule 7 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (which relates to buildings in housing action areas) prevented from serving notice to treat under section 17 of this Act.”