F1A general or district planning authority shall have power to enter into an agreement with any person having the necessary power in that behalf for the creation by that person of a public path over land in their area.

An agreement made under the foregoing subsection (in this Act referred to as a “public path creation agreement”) shall be on such terms as to payment or otherwise as may be specified in the agreement, and may, if it is so agreed, provide for the creation of the public path subject to limitations or conditions affecting any public right of way thereover.

In this Part of this Act “public path” means a way which is a footpath or bridleway or a combination of those.