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Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition
12.—(1) After the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force—
(a)no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act, as applied to the acquisition of land by article 5 (application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act); and
(b)no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act, as applied by article 6 (application of the 1981 Act).
(2) The powers conferred by article 7 (temporary use of land for construction of works) cease at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), except that nothing in this paragraph prevents the Executive remaining in possession of land after the end of that period, if the land was entered and possession of it was taken before the end of that period.
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