Agreements for management of land as nature reserveN.I.
17.—(1) The Department may enter into an agreement with any person having an estate in any land which in the opinion of the Department should be managed as a nature reserve, for securing that it is so managed.
(2) An agreement under paragraph (1) may impose such restrictions as may be expedient on the exercise of rights over the land by persons who can be bound by the agreement.
(3) An agreement under paragraph (1)—
(a)may provide for the management of the land in such manner, the carrying out thereon of such work, and the doing thereon of such other things as may be expedient for the purposes of the agreement;
(b)may provide for any of the matters mentioned in[F1 sub-paragraph (a)] being carried out, or for the cost thereof being defrayed, either by the said owner or other persons, or by the Department, or partly in one way and partly in another;
(c)may contain such other provisions as to the making of payments by the Department, and, in particular, for the payment by it of compensation for the effect of the restrictions mentioned in paragraph (2), as may be specified in the agreement.
(4) Where a person having an estate in any land, by such an agreement as is mentioned in paragraph (1) grants or agrees to grant any right as respects the land, the grant or agreement shall be binding upon any person deriving title or otherwise claiming under the grantor to the same extent as it is binding upon the grantor notwithstanding that it would not have been binding upon that person apart from this paragraph.
(5) An agreement under paragraph (1) may be made irrevocably or subject to such provisions for revocation or variation as may be specified in the agreement.
(6) Paragraph (3) of Article 8 shall apply in relation to an agreement under paragraph (1) as it applies in relation to an agreement under paragraph (1) of that Article.