Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition
31.—(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 shall be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act, as applied to the acquisition of land by article 21 (application of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965); and
(b)no declaration shall be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as applied by article 22 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2) The power conferred by article 26 (temporary use of land for construction of works) to enter upon and take temporary possession of land shall cease at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (1); but this paragraph shall not prevent DLRL from remaining in possession of land in accordance with article 26 (temporary use of land for construction of works) after the end of that period, if the land was entered and possession of it was taken before the end of that period.