Suspension of prescriptive period during period of disability

8.—(1) If, in relation to a claim in Scotland for the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of a trade secret, the trade secret holder is under legal disability for a period at any time, the period during which the trade secret holder is under legal disability—

(a) is not to be counted when calculating whether the prescriptive period for the claim has expired, and

(b) is not to be regarded as separating the time immediately before it from the time immediately after it.

(2) In paragraph (1), “legal disability” has the same meaning as in section 15(1) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (interpretation).