sec.31Costs under enforcement order recoverable as a debt

### sec.31 Costs under enforcement order recoverable as a debt The issuing authority may recover the amount payable by a person ordered to pay the costs under an enforcement order as a debt due to the issuing authority. For subsection (1) , the amount becomes payable 30 days after the issuing authority gives the person details of the amount of the costs. If the issuing authority is a local government— the amount payable to the local government bears interest as if it were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 ; and the amount payable plus interest may be recovered by the local government as if the total amount were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 . s 31 amd 2009 No. 17 s 331 sch 1 (sec.31-ssec.1) The issuing authority may recover the amount payable by a person ordered to pay the costs under an enforcement order as a debt due to the issuing authority. (sec.31-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , the amount becomes payable 30 days after the issuing authority gives the person details of the amount of the costs. (sec.31-ssec.3) If the issuing authority is a local government— the amount payable to the local government bears interest as if it were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 ; and the amount payable plus interest may be recovered by the local government as if the total amount were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 . - (a) the amount payable to the local government bears interest as if it were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 ; and - (b) the amount payable plus interest may be recovered by the local government as if the total amount were an amount of an overdue rate payable to a local government under the Local Government Act 2009 .