(1) For section 274(4A) of the Water Act 1989 substitute —
"(4A) If—
(a) the person liable to pay an amount to an Authority in relation to a property owns that property; and
(b) a code made by the Essential Services Commission under the Water Industry Act 1994 does not otherwise provide—
the amount owed is a charge on the property, whether or not the Authority has agreed to defer the payment of the whole or any part of that amount.".