Article 20 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1
England, Wales and Scotland
After the end of the period of seven years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under the 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 as applied by article 23 (application of the 1981 Act).
The authority conferred by article 28 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), except that nothing in this paragraph prevents 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. 20 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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Word in preamble substituted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.