Section 44 Definitions for local government purposes.

In an enactment the expression—

• “borough” when used in relation to local government, shall mean a municipal borough, F1... ;

• F2“chairman”, when used in relation to a district council, shall include a mayor or lord mayor, and “vice-chairman”, when so used, shall include a deputy mayor or deputy lord mayor;

• “councillor” shall include an alderman;

• “district”, when used in relation to local government, shall mean a local government district within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972M1 and shall include a district which is a borough;

• “district council” shall mean the council of a district;

• F3“district rate” means a rate made by a district council under the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977M2;

• “local government auditor” shall mean F4the person F5designated as such under F6 Article 4 of the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;

• “municipal borough” shall mean any F7district for which a charter of incorporation of inhabitants, or a charter designating the district a borough, is in force, and shall include a borough which is a city;

• Definition rep. by SI 1999/663