24.—(1) Without prejudice to Article 23, where the rates due from the person rated in respect of any hereditament are in arrear, the Department may serve on any person paying rent for that hereditament, or any part thereof, to the person from whom the arrears are due a notice stating the amount of those arrears of rates and requiring all future payments of rent (whether already accrued due or not) by the person paying rent to be made direct to the Department until those arrears are duly paid; and that notice shall operate to transfer to the Department the right to recover, receive and give a discharge for that rent.
(2) In this Article, “rent” includes a payment made by a lodger.