Article 18 Action in default

If any person fails to do anything required to be done by him by or under any of the provisions of this Order, an officer of the appropriate Minister or an inspector of a local authority may, without prejudice to any proceedings for an offence arising out of such default, do or cause to be done the thing so required to be done, and the amount of any expenses reasonably incurred by an officer of the appropriate Minister or by an inspector of a local authority in doing so shall be recoverable as a civil debt by the appropriate Minister or by the local authority (as the case may be) from the person in default.