Article 24 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—

(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 27 (application of the 1981 Act),

in relation to any part of the Order land.

Annotations

f1: 1981 c. 66. Sections 2(3), 6(2) and 11(6) were amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 52 of Schedule 2 to, the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11). Sections 10 and 11 and Schedule 1 were amended by S.I. 2009/137. Section 15 was amended by sections 56 and 321(1) of, and Schedules 8 and 16 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17). Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 76 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 9 to, the Housing Act 1988 (c. 50); section 161(4) of, and Schedule 19 to, the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28); and sections 56 and 321(1) of, and Schedule 8 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 was amended by section 76 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Housing Act 1988 and section 56 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 was repealed by section 277 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (c. 51). There are other amendments to the 1981 Act which are not relevant to this Order.

F1: Words in Preamble substituted (6.2.2026) by The Stonestreet Green Solar (Correction) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/131), art. 1, Sch.