Article 17 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1
England, Wales and Scotland
After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
no notice to treat shall be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
no declaration shall be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981f1 as applied by article 20 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
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.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 17 in force at 15.6.2013, see art. 1
Footnotes
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1981 c. 66. Sections 2(3), 6(2) and 11(6) were amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11). Section 15 was amended by sections 56 and 321(1) of, and Schedules 8 and 16 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17). Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 76 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 9 to, the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50); section 161(4) of, and Schedule 19 to, the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28); and sections 56 and 321(1) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 76 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Housing Act 1988 and section 56 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 was repealed by section 277 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.