Article 31 Time limit for exercise of authority to temporarily use land for carrying out the authorised developmentI1

Subject to paragraph (2), the authority to enter onto land pursuant to article 30 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised development) ceases to apply to any land after the period of five years beginning on the day on which the Order is made.

Paragraph (1) will not prevent 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.