Article 20 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorilyI1

England and Wales

(1)

After the end of the period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—

(a)

no notice to treat is to be served under Part 1 (compulsory purchase under Acquisition of Land Act 1981) of the 1965 Act; and

(b)

no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the 1981 Act as applied by article ‎24 (application of the 1981 Act).

(2)

The authority conferred by article ‎29 (temporary use of land for constructing the authorised development) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph ‎(1), except that 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.

(3)

The applicable period for the purposes of section 4 of the 1965 Act (time limit for giving notice to treat) and section 5A of the 1981 Act (time limit for general vesting declaration) (as modified by this Order) is the period of five years beginning on the day on which this Order is made.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 20 in force at 15.2.2025, see art. 1