328Suspension of time limits while reference is in progress
(1)Subsection (2) applies if—
(a)section 327(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 an enactment (“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 paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 327(2) are satisfied.
(3)Nothing in—
(a)this section, or
(b)section 271 or 278 (suspension of period during which Commission may object to resolution of unincorporated charity),
prevents the specified period being suspended concurrently by virtue of subsection (2) and any of the provisions of sections 271 and 278.