{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-waverley-steps-order-2010/article-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-waverley-steps-order-2010/article-29.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (Waverley Steps) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-waverley-steps-order-2010",
  "path": "article/29",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition",
  "text": "(1) The powers conferred by articles 14, 16 and 17 for the compulsory acquisition of land and of servitudes or other rights and the imposition of obligations shall cease after five years beginning on the date on which this Order comes into force.\n(2) The powers conferred by articles 14, 15, 16 and 17 for the compulsory acquisition of such lands and of servitudes or other rights and the imposition of obligations shall, for the purposes of this article, be deemed to have been exercised in relation to any land, servitude or right or obligation, if before the expiry of five years beginning on the date on which this Order comes into force–\n(a) a notice to treat has been served;\n(b) a notice has been served under article 17(6)(a) in respect of that obligation; or\n(c) a declaration has been executed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 15 to the 1997 Act in respect of that land, servitude or right.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/188/article/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:55:45.763442+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}