# The Local Government (Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations –
“the 1972 Act” means the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;
“the 2010 Act” means the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 2010;
“certificate” means a certificate issued by a district council in satisfying the certification requirements in relation to a contract;
“chief financial officer” has the meaning assigned to it by section 148(1) of the 1972 Act and, in the case of a joint committee, means the officer who has responsibility for supervising the joint committee’s arrangements for the receipt of money paid to it and the issue of money payable by it or, if no such officer has been appointed, the chief officer of the joint committee;
“district council” shall include a joint committee–
(a) which has been established under section 19(1) of the 1972 Act,
(b) which has been constituted as a body corporate by an order made under section 19(9) of that Act, and
(c) to which Part 1 (Contracts of councils) of the 2010 Act has been applied by such an order; and
“the local government auditor” means the auditor assigned by the Department under Article 3(1)(b) of the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 to audit the accounts of the council.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/228/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-contracts-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-2
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