The Water and Sewerage Services (2006 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

18.—(1) The repeal of the 1973 Order shall not affect the liability of any person for any amount which is due to the Department under the 1973 Order or regulations made under the 1973 Order immediately before the transfer date or which would, but for the repeal, have become so due to the Department on or after that date in respect of any period, or anything done, prior to that date; and each such amounts shall be payable on or after that date to the person to whom the right to receive it is transferred in accordance with a scheme made under Article 270 of the 2006 Order.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) and notwithstanding the repeal of Article 54 of the 1973 Order or revocation of regulation 7(3) of the Water Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1973 by the 2006 Order, the person to whom the right to receive the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is transferred in accordance with a scheme made under Article 270 of the 2006 Order may recover any such amounts summarily as a civil debt.