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<Text>In considering whether to include a building in a list compiled or approved under section 32 of the principal Act, the Minister may take into account not only the building itself but also—</Text>
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<Text>any respect in which its exterior contributes to the architectural or historic interest of any group of buildings of which it forms part; and</Text>
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<Text>the desirability of preserving, on the ground of its architectural or historic interest, any feature of the building consisting of a man-made object or structure fixed to the building or forming part of the land and comprised within the curtilage of the building.</Text>
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