Article 35 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1
England, Wales and Scotland
After the end of the period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
no declaration is to be executed under section 4 of the 1981 Act as applied by article 26 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
The authority conferred by article 27 (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.
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 35 in force at 15.9.2016, see art. 1