Part 7: Conservation Covenants Section 120: Local land charge
Subsection (1) provides that a conservation covenant is a local land charge.
	As a result, section 5(2) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 applies. This imposes a duty upon the responsible body to apply for registration of the conservation covenant as a local land charge.
	Subsection (3) amends the application of section 2 of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 so as to ensure that a conservation covenant between a lessor and a lessee is not excluded from being a local land charge.
	Subsection (4) modifies section 10(1) of the Local Land Charges Act 1975 in its application to conservation covenants. The modifications reflect the fact that a conservation covenant is effective against subsequent owners of the land only once it has been registered as a local land charge (see section 122(5)(b)). This differs from the general position where the enforceability of a local land charge is unaffected by whether or not it is registered. Accordingly, the registering authority cannot incur liability for non-registration. However, liability for a defective search result remains in the usual way.