PART 5POWERS OF ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND

Powers of Acquisition

Time limit for exercise of powers to possess land temporarily or to acquire land compulsorily27.

(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 of 1946) of the 1965 Act as modified by article 31 (modification of Part 1 of the 1965 Act); and

(b)

no declaration is to be executed under section 471 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act as applied by article 32 (application of the 1981 Act),

in relation to any part of the Order land.

(2)

The authority conferred by article 35 (temporary use of land for constructing 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.