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4.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—
(a)paragraph 3(2) prevents the Commission from taking any steps which it would otherwise be permitted or required to take, and
(b)the steps in question may be taken only during a period specified in a statutory provision (“the specified period”).
(2) The running of the specified period is suspended for the period which—
(a)begins with the date on which the question is referred to the Tribunal, and
(b)ends with the date on which heads (a) and (b) of paragraph 3(2) are satisfied.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph or section 124 prevents the specified period being suspended concurrently by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) and that section.