The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014 No. 3331

PART 5 E+W+S Powers of acquisition etc.

Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily E+W+S

17.—(1) After the end of the period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—

(a) no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and

(b) no declaration is to be executed under section 4 of the 1981 Act as applied by article 19 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981)(1).

(2) The authority conferred by article 23 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), save that nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker 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

I1 Art. 17 in force at 31.12.2014, see art. 1

(1)

1981 c.66. Sections 2 and 116 were amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c.11). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.