Article 17 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

After 4th September 2021—

(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 1981 Act^f1 as applied by article 20 (application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).

(2)

The authority conferred by article 24 ceases at the end of 4th September 2021, except that nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker remaining in possession of land after that date, if the land was entered, and possession taken, on or before 4th September 2021.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 17 in force at 27.9.2016, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: Section 4 is amended, from a date to be appointed, by sections 184 and 185 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 18 to, the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c.22).