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

20.  Where, in the case of any premises—

(a) the person who is liable, immediately before the transfer date, to pay charges in respect of a supply of water or the provision of sewerage services to those premises is the owner of those premises, and not the occupier; and

(b) that person is so liable otherwise than by virtue of an agreement,

then, on and after that date, the person who is the owner from time to time of those premises (“the current owner”) shall continue to be or, as the case may be, shall become and remain, so liable, until the person who is in fact the occupier of the premises immediately before that date ceases to be, and another person becomes, the occupier of those premises, and accordingly the current owner shall until then be treated for the purpose of Article 203 of the 2006 Order as if he were the occupier of those premises.