# Housing and Planning Act 2016, Section 185: No general vesting declaration after notice to treat


In section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (execution of declaration), after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) But an acquiring authority may not execute a declaration in respect of land if they have served a notice to treat in respect of that land and have not withdrawn it.
(1B) In subsection (1A) the reference to an authority having “served” a notice does not include cases in which the authority is deemed to have served a notice.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/section/185 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-2016/section-185
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