Time limit for exercise of powers to possess land temporarily or to acquire land compulsorilyE+W
25.—(1) After the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which this Order comes into force—
(a)no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1946) of the 1965 Act; and
(b)no declaration is to be executed under section 4 M1 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act as applied by article 31 (application of the 1981 Act),
in relation to any part of the Order land.
(2) The authority conferred by article 33 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), except that nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker from remaining in possession of land after the end of that period, if the land was entered and possession was taken before the end of that period.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 25 in force at 21.5.2020, see art. 1
Marginal Citations
M1Section 4 was amended by sections 184, 185 and Schedule 18 paragraph 2 to the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).