For the purposes of the application of this Act to Scotland, any inquiry in relation to an order which by virtue of any provision of this Act is subject to special parliamentary procedure, shall, if the Secretary of State so directs, be held by Commissioners under the M1Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, and where any direction has been so given—
(a)it shall be deemed to have been so given under section 2 as read with section 10 of the M2Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945; and
(b)nothing in section 267 of the M3Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, as applied by virtue of paragraph 4 or paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 to this Act, shall apply to such inquiry.