Part VI General, Financial and Supplementary
General powers and duties of Commission
85 General duty of Commission to advise on questions relating to natural beauty.
Without prejudice to F1their respective duties relating to National Parks, it shall be the duty of the Commission F2and the Council—
a
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b
in circumstances where it appears to the Minister and to the Commission F4, or, as the case may be, to the Minister and to the Council, desirable that their assistance should be generally available, to inquire into and report on such questions referred to them by any other body of persons or person;
c
to bring to the attention of the Minister or of local planning authorities the effect on the natural beauty of such areas or places as aforesaid of developments, or developments of any class, which appear to the Commission F5(as respects England) or to the Council (as respects Wales) to be likely to be prejudicial thereto.