(2) An agreement under this section may provide for any of the following matters(a)
the maintenance of the national monument, recent artefact, recent historic
monuments or protected heritage area;
(b)
the custody of the national monument, recent artefact, recent historic monument or
protected heritage area, and the duties of any person who may be employed in
connection therewith;
(c)
the restriction of the owner's right to destroy, alter, deface or build on or near any
such national monument, recent artefact, recent historic monument or protected
heritage area;
(d)
the restriction of the owner's right, in the case where the national monument, recent
artefact or recent historic monument is moveable to remove any such national
monument, recent artefact or recent historic monument from its site;
(e)
the terms of access to be permitted to the public or to any portion thereof, and to
persons deputed by the owner or Minister to inspect or maintain the national
monument, recent artefact, recent historic monument or protected heritage area;
(f)
the notice to be given to the Minister in case the land on which, or where the
national monument, recent artefact, recent historic monument or protected heritage
area is situated, is offered for sale by the owner, and the right to be reserved to the
Minister to purchase such land or any specified portion of such land at its market
value and to acquire rights of access thereto;
(g)
the payment of any expense incurred by the owner or the Minister in connection
with the protection or preservation thereof;
(h)
the procedure for resolving any dispute arising out of the agreement;
(i)
any matter connected with the protection or preservation thereof which is the proper
subject of agreement between the owner and the Minister; or
(j)
the removal of the national monument, recent artefact or recent historic monument,
if movable, to a place of safe custody.
(3) The terms of an agreement under this section may be altered from time to time by
agreement, in writing, between the parties.
(4) An agreement under this section shall be expressed to endure either for a specified
period or in perpetuity.
(5) If it is expressed to endure for a period of 10 years or more or in perpetuity, and it
relates to any national monument, recent artefact, recent historic monument or protected
heritage area, provided any such national monument, recent artefact or recent historic
monument is not a movable object, the agreement shall on the application of the Minister, be
registered in the Deeds Registry, without fee or other charge, against the title to any land in
or upon which it is situated.
(6) An agreement under this section, notwithstanding that it is not registered, shall be
binding on any person claiming to be the owner of the national monument, recent artefact,
recent historic monument, protected heritage area or land to which it relates, through or
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