9 .F1—(1) The Department may for the purpose of conserving or enhancing the natural beauty or amenity of any land or promoting its enjoyment by the public, make an agreement (in this Article referred to as a “management agreement”) with any person having an estate in the land, with respect to the management of the land during a specified term or without limitation of the duration of the agreement.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a management agreement—
(a)may impose restrictions on that person as respects the method of cultivating the land, its use for agricultural purposes or the exercise of rights over the land and may impose obligations on that person to carry out works or agricultural or forestry operations or do other things on the land;
(b)may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions for the making of payments by the Department to that person) as appear to the Department to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the agreement.
(3) The provisions of a management agreement with any person having an estate in the land shall, unless the agreement otherwise provides, be binding on persons deriving title under or from that person and be enforceable by the Department against those persons accordingly.
F1functions transf. by SR 1999/481