For subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—

“(4)This section shall not apply to an order which is confirmed by Act of Parliament under section six of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, but except as aforesaid shall have effect in relation to an order to which that Act applies as if in subsection (1) for the reference to the date on which notice of the making or confirmation of the order by the Minister having jurisdiction to make or confirm it is first published in accordance with the provisions of this Act in that behalf there were substituted a reference to the date on which the order becomes operative under the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, and as if in subsection (2) the words ' and shall become operative on the date on which such notice as aforesaid is first published as aforesaid' were omitted.”

For, subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection :—

“(5)This section shall not apply to an order which is confirmed by Act of Parliament under subsection (4) of section two as read with section ten of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, or under section six of that Act, but except as aforesaid shall have effect in relation to an order to which that Act applies as if for the reference in subsection (1) to the date on which notice of the making or confirmation of the order by the Minister having jurisdiction to make or confirm it is first published in accordance with the provisions of this Act in that behalf, there were substituted a reference to the date on which the order comes into operation under the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, and as if subsection (4) were omitted.”

After section fifty there shall he inserted the following section :—

“50A(1)Any inquiry in relation to an Order under this Act which in certain events becomes subject to special parliamentary procedure, and any hearing in connection with an appeal against the refusal, or the grant, subject to conditions, of an interim development application by Statutory undertakers, or with such an application made by such undertakers and referred to the Secretary of State, or with the revocation or modification of permission for interim development granted to such undertakers shall, if the Ministers concerned so direct, be held by Commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936 ; and any direction so given shall be deemed to have been given under section two, as read with section ten of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945.

(2)Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the First Schedule to this Act shall not. apply in relation to any order under this Act which in_ certain events becomes subject to special parliamentary procedure.

(3)Nothing in subsections (2) to (9) of the last preceding section shall apply to any inquiry under this section by Commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936.

(4)The provisions of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, with regard to the publication, of notices in the Edinburgh Gazette and in a newspaper, shall, notwithstanding anything in that Act contained, not apply to any order under this Act which is subject to special parliamentary procedure.”

At the end of the Schedule there shall be added the following paragraph :—

“11The provisions of paragraphs 8 to 10 of this Schedule shall not apply to an order which is confirmed by Act of Parliament under section six of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act, 1945, but except as aforesaid those provisions shall have effect in relation to an order to which that Act applies as if in paragraph 8 for the reference to the publication of the notice of confirmation of the order there were substituted a reference to the date on which the order becomes operative under that Act, and as if in paragraph 9 the words from ' and shall become operative ' to the end of the paragraph were omitted.”