Part 7: Conservation Covenants Section 119: Responsible bodies
As above, a conservation covenant is an agreement between a landowner and a responsible body. The responsible body is able to enforce compliance with the landowner’s obligations under the conservation covenant (see section 122). It may or may not also be made subject to obligations under the conservation covenant.
	Section 119 defines "responsible bodies" as, on the one hand, the Secretary of State and, on the other hand, bodies which are designated by the Secretary of State. Bodies will need to apply to be designated (subsection (2)). An application from a local authority in England will need to satisfy the Secretary of State that it is suitable to be a responsible body, and other bodies will, additionally, have to satisfy the Secretary of State that at least some of its main purposes, functions or activities relate to conservation (subsections (3), (4) and (5)).
	Subsection (6) allows the Secretary of State to revoke a designation by notice in certain circumstances, including if the relevant body no longer meets the conditions for designation.
	The Secretary of State must publish and keep up to date a document setting out the criteria which will be applied to determine if an applicant body is suitable to be or to remain a responsible body, which may stipulate that applicants should have a connection with the United Kingdom (subsections (7) and (8)). The Secretary of State must also publish and keep up to date a list of designated responsible bodies.
	Subsection (9) defines "charity", "conservation" and "local authority" for the purposes of section 119.