Subsection (2) applies if it appears to the county court that, because of—
a failure to comply with a requirement under section 210(2),
the giving of false information in response to such a requirement, or
obstruction of a person in the exercise of the power conferred by section 211(2),
a local authority has been impeded in deciding whether or how to exercise its functions under this Part in relation to premises in respect of which an initial letting notice or final letting notice is in force.
The court may order that the period referred to in section 195(2)(b) or 198(3), as applicable in relation to the notice, is to be extended by such number of days as appears to the court to be appropriate in view of the impediment.
The court may act under this section only on an application by the local authority.