S.L. 549.44 Art. 15Management agreement.

(1) For the purposes of the management of protected sites, the competent authority may enter into a management agreement with every owner, lessee or occupier of land forming part of such areas for the management, conservation, restoration or protection of the site, or any part of it.

(2) A management agreement may provide for:

(a) the management of the land, whether in public ownership or in private ownership, and for the carrying out thereon of such work and the doing thereon of such other things as may be expedient for the purposes of conservation: Provided that in the case of land in public ownership the consent of the Commissioner of Land is obtained beforehand;

(b) any of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) being carried out, or for the costs thereof being defrayed, either by the said owner or other persons or by the competent authority or through monies made available through the Environment Fund, or partly in one way and partly in another.

(3) Such a management agreement shall be registered in the land registry and shall be enforceable at the instance of the competent authority against any person having an interest in the land and against any person deriving title from him.