3.—(1) The Town and Country Planning (Application of Subordinate Legislation to the Crown) (Scotland) Order 2006 (1) is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In the schedule in class 91 (emergency development by the Crown)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(b) for “period of six months beginning with the date on which the development began” substitute “relevant period”,
(b)after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), “the relevant period” means—
(a)in the case of development permitted by this class for the purposes of—
(i)preventing a pandemic;
(ii)reducing, controlling or mitigating the effects of a pandemic; or
(iii)taking other action in connection with a pandemic,
the period of 18 months beginning with the date on which the development began,
(b)in the case of other development permitted by this class, the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the development began.
(3B) For the purposes of this class—
“pandemic” means a public health emergency of international concern within the meaning given by the International Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organisation adopted by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly on 23rd May 2005,
“World Health Assembly” has the meaning set out in the Constitution of the World Health Organisation adopted by the International Health Conference held in New York from the 19th June to 22nd July 1946 and signed on 22nd July 1946,
“World Health Organisation” means the specialised agency within the terms of Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations, established by the Constitution of the World Health Organisation.”.