(1) This section applies if a resource authority holder and an owner or occupier of access land make an access agreement for the exercise of access rights over the access land.
(2) The access agreement may provide for alternative obligations, for entry to the access land, to the entry notice obligations under section 39.
(3) If the access agreement is in writing, it may include a conduct and compensation agreement for the exercise or future exercise of access rights by the resource authority holder.