# Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, Paragraph 15


(1) Subject to any standing orders made by the council, anything authorised or required to be done by, to or before the chair in relation to the business of the council may be done by, to or before the deputy chair.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 18(3)(a) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954, no function is exercisable by or in relation to a deputy mayor or a deputy lord mayor that is not exercisable by or in relation to any other deputy chair of a council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/schedule/1/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-15
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