Category display, show products, but show categories for a particular category

Hi Support,

Under Appearance > Customise > WooCommerce > Product Catalogue > Category display, I have set this to “Show products” but for a particular product category, I would like it to show subcategories. Is there a way to override this in the functions.php file?

I can check if the product category is equal to something, but not sure how to change the output:

function override_category_display_setting() {
    $category_slug = 'brands'; // Replace with the slug of your product category
    
    if (is_product_category($category_slug)) {
        
    }
}

Hope you can help.
Thanks
Sean