[F1185APreservation of amenity.N.I.
In the exercise of their functions under this Act the Ministry F2. . . shall have regard to the following matters, that is to say, the desirability of—
(a)preserving natural beauty or amenity,
(b)conserving flora, fauna and geological or physiographical features of special interest, and
(c)protecting buildings and other objects of architectural or historic interest,
in so far as those matters are capable of being affected by that exercise.]
F2Words in s. 185A repealed (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 6, 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(38), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(b)(e)