3(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a general vesting declaration shall not be executed before the end of the period of 2 months beginning with the date of the first publication of the notice complying with paragraph 2(1), or such longer period, if any, as may be specified in the notice.
(2)The acquiring authority may, with the consent in writing of every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration, execute a general vesting declaration before the end of that period of 2 months, or of the longer period so specified, as the case may be.