# The Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Tideway Tunnel) Order 2014, Article 45: Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily

Extent: E+W

(1) After the end of the period of 10 years beginning with the day on which this Order is made—
(a) no notice to treat shall be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b) no declaration shall be executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 as applied by article 34 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2) The authority conferred by article 35 (temporary use of land for carrying out the authorised project) shall cease either at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1) or at the end of the period as stated in article 35(3), whichever is the longer, save that nothing in this paragraph shall 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2384/article/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/thames-water-utilities-limited-thames-tideway-tunnel-order-2014/article-45
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