Article 22 Time limit for exercise of authority to possess land temporarily or to acquire land compulsorily

(1)

No notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1981) of the 1965 Act and no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act after the end of the applicable period.

(2)

The authority conferred by article 31 (temporary use of land for constructing the authorised development) must not be used after the end of the applicable period.

(3)

For the purposes of section 4 of the 1965 Act (time limit for giving notice to treat) and section 5A of the 1981 Act (time limit for general vesting declaration), as modified and applied by this Order, the definition of “applicable period” is to be construed as having the same meaning as in this Order.

(4)

In this article—

(a)

references to the 1965 Act include the modifications in article 28 (modification of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965); and

(b)

references to the 1981 Act are as applied by article 26 (application of the 1981 Act).

(5)

Nothing in paragraph (2) prevents the undertaker remaining in possession of land after the end of the applicable period, if the land was entered and possession was taken before the end of that period.