# The Rookery South (Resource Recovery Facility) Order 2011, Article 19: Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

Extent: E+W+S

(1) After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
(a) no notice to treat may be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b) no declarations may be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 as applied by article 21.
(2) The authority conferred by article 25 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/2013/680/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rookery-south-resource-recovery-facility-order-2011/article-19
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