Part 7: Compulsory Purchase Etc Possession following notice to treat etc Section 186: Extended notice period for taking possession following notice to treat
Subsection (2) amends section 11 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 (1965 Act) so as to extend the notice period for taking possession under the notice to treat / notice of entry procedure to a minimum of 3 months, from the current minimum of 14 days.
	Subsection (3) inserts a new section 11A into the 1965 Act. Section 11A applies where after having served notice of entry, but before entering on taking possession of the land, the acquiring authority becomes aware of an owner, lessee or occupier to whom they ought to have given a notice to treat under section 5 of the 1965 Act. Any notices of entry already served remain valid, but the authority may not enter and take possession unless they serve a notice to treat and notice of entry on the recently discovered person. New section 11A(3) and (4) provide that where the newly identified person is not an occupier, or the authority had been unaware of the person because they received misleading information in response to their inquiries, a shorter minimum notice period will apply. That period will be a minimum of 14 days, or until the end of the period specified in the last notice of entry, whichever is the longer.