# The Steeple Renewables Project Order 2026, Article 19: Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily


(1) The applicable period for the purposes of section 4 of the 1965 Act (time limit for giving notice to treat) and section 5A of the 1981 Act (time limit for general vesting declaration) is five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made.
(2) No notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1946) of the 1965 Act as modified by article 25 (modification of Part 1 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965) and no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act as applied by article 22 (application of the 1981 Act) after the end of the applicable period, including any extension to the applicable period pursuant to those Acts.
(3) The authority conferred by article 27 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1086/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/steeple-renewables-project-order-2026/article-19
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