PART 3ACQUISITION AND POSSESSION OF LAND
Supplementary
Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition40
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 of the 1965 Act, as applied to the acquisition of land by article 29 (application of Part 1 of the 1965 Act); and
b
no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as applied to this Order by article 30 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
2
The power conferred by article 34 (temporary use of land for construction of works) to enter upon and take temporary possession of land ceases at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (1); but this paragraph does not prevent the Authority from remaining in possession of land in accordance with article 34 after the end of that period, if the land was entered and possession of it was taken before the end of that period.