Part 7: Compulsory Purchase Etc Confirmation and time limits Section 182: Time limits for notice to treat or general vesting declaration
Section 182(1) substitutes section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965 with a new provision. Substituted section 4 clarifies the time limit for exercising compulsory powers where the notice to treat procedure is to be followed. A notice to treat may not be served after the end of the period of 3 years beginning on the day on which the compulsory purchase order becomes operative. This has already been established by case law (Salisbury (Marquis) v G. N. Ry (1852) 17 Q.B. 840; approved in Tiverton, etc Ry v Loosemore (1884) 9 App.Cas. 480).
	Section 182(2) inserts a new section 5A into the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. New section 5A clarifies that a general vesting declaration may not be executed after the end of the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the compulsory purchase order becomes operative. This ends any uncertainty on this issue created by the inconsistent decisions of Westminster City Council v Quereschi (1990) 60 P. & C.R. 380 and Co-operative Insurance Society Limited v Hastings BC (1993) 91 L.G.R. 608.