Article 20 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1

England and Wales

(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 may be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under acquisition of Land Act of 1946) of the 1965 Act; and

(b)

no declaration may be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration)^f1 of the 1981 Act as applied by article 24 (application of the 1981 Act)

in relation to any part of the Order land.

(2)

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

I1: Art. 20 in force at 28.7.2025, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 4 was amended by sections 184 and 185 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).