In section 22 (functions of the Land Commissioners), in subsection (5), after paragraph (e) (as inserted by section 8(2) of this Act) insert “,

(f)

the relationship between scale and concentrations of land holdings and local economic development,

(g)

the desirability of achieving a more diverse pattern of landownership comprising more landowners and different types of landowners,

(h)

measures to prevent depopulation and support the repopulation of land and the sustainability of communities.”.