# The Swansea Bay Tidal Generating Station Order 2015, Article 27: Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

Extent: E+W

(1) After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order comes into force—
(a) no notice to treat may be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b) no declaration may be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981, as applied by article 29 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2) The authority conferred by article 33 (temporary use of land for carrying out authorised development) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), but 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/2015/1386/article/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/swansea-bay-tidal-generating-station-order-2015/article-27
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