# The Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014, Article 17: Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

Extent: E+W+S

(1) After the end of the period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
(a) no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b) no declaration is to be executed under section 4 of the 1981 Act as applied by article 19 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2) The authority conferred by article 23 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), save 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3331/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hornsea-one-offshore-wind-farm-order-2014/article-17
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