Time limit for exercise of authority to acquire land compulsorily
20.—(1) After the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the day on which the Order comes into force—
(a)no notice to treat is to be served in respect of the Order land under Part 1 of the 1965 Act; and
(b)no declaration is to be executed in respect of the Order land under section 4 (execution of declaration) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981(1) as applied by article 23 (application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981).
(2) The authority conferred by article 27 (temporary use of land for carrying out 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.