Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily17.
(1)
After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
(a)
no notice to treat shall be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b)
no declaration shall be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 198116 as applied by article 20 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2)
The authority conferred by article 23 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) shall cease at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), save that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent 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.