AMENITY LANDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965

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AMENITY LANDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 1



1.(1) Where the Ministry of Development (in this Act referred to as "the
Ministry") considers that it is expedient to acquire land for the purpose of

(a)preserving any area of natural beauty or amenity;

(b)establishing any area of scientific interest as a nature reserve within the
meaning of section 11;

(c)providing means of access to any area of the kind referred to in paragraphs
(a) and (b);

(d)providing, in or in relation to any such area or any National Park within
the meaning of section 6, facilities for the use of that area or Park by the
public;

(e)restoring or improving the appearance of a derelict site within the meaning
of section 16 or of improving the amenities of the neighbourhood of a derelict
site;

(2) Where the Ministry desires to acquire otherwise than by agreement any land
for any of the purposes referred to in subsection (1), the Ministry may make
an order vesting that land in the Ministry, and the provisions of [Article
10(3) and (4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order
1973] shall with the modifications thereof specified in [subsection (2A)]
apply for the purpose of the making of vesting orders under this section.

[(2A) The said provisions as applied for the purpose aforesaid shall have
effect as if references therein to

(a)the Ministry of Agriculture were references to the Ministry;

(b)the said Order were references to this Act; and

(c)Article 10 of that Order were references to this section.]

(3) Where the Ministry is of the opinion that any land acquired under this
section would be more expediently or efficiently managed or preserved in the
public interest by

(a)the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty;

(b)any government department;

(c)a local or public authority; or

(d)such other body as the Ministry thinks suitable;

(i)impose such restrictions as the Ministry may think necessary on the user of
the land so conveyed; and

(ii)grant or reserve such rights over such land as the Ministry may think fit.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (3), the Ministry may, with the approval
of the Ministry of Finance, dispose of any land acquired under this section
which the Ministry no longer requires for any of the purposes referred to in
subsection (1), upon such terms and conditions as the Ministry may think fit,
and may impose restrictions and grant or reserve rights as if the land were
conveyed under subsection (3).

(5) Nothing in section 5 of the Stormont Regulation and Government Property
Act (Northern Ireland) 1933 (which relates to the taking and disposal of land
for the public services) shall affect the disposal by the Ministry of land
acquired under this section.[

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AMENITY LANDS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 1