Article 27 Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land and rights compulsorilyI1
England and Wales
After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which this Order is made—
no notice to treat may be served under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
no declaration is to be executed under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 as applied by article 28 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981f1).
The authority conferred by article 30 (temporary use of land) ceases at the end of the period referred to in paragraph (1), but nothing in this paragraph prevents the undertaker remaining in possession of the land after the end of that period, if the land was entered and possession taken before the end of that period, subject to the limitation in article 30(3).
Annotations
Commencement
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Art. 27 in force at 10.8.2016, see art. 1
Footnotes
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