27.—Section 16 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), of “or forms, or is capable of being made to form, a habitat” after “includes a habitat” and of “as amended by this Act,” after “section 15 (2) of this Act” and by the insertion of “or contains features of geological, geomorphological or other natural interest” after “ecosystem”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following after subsection (3):

“(3A) The Minister shall not amend a recognition order unless the Minister considers that the objectives, as regards which the relevant nature reserve was recognised, require revision because of changes in the features, characteristics or boundaries of the reserve, or because of any other circumstance which in the Minister's opinion affects the reserve.”,

and the said paragraph (a), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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(a) the land includes a habitat or forms, or is capable of being made to form, a habitat or part of a habitat or an ecosystem or contains features of geological, geomorphological or other natural interest described in paragraph (a) of section 15(2) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act.