http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1954/33/section/44Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954An Act to make provision with respect to the operation, interpretation and citation of Acts of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and of instruments made thereunder.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-05-17Expert Participation2025-04-01 44In an enactment the expression—“borough” when used in relation to local government, shall mean a municipal borough, ... ;“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) 1972 and shall include a district which is a borough;“district council” shall mean the council of a district;“district rate” means a rate made by a district council under the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;“local government auditor” shall mean the person designated as such under Article 4 of the Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;“municipal borough” shall mean any district 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 1999/663SI 1999/6631972 c. 9 (NI)1977 NI 282003 NI 51972 c. 9 (NI)S. 44: words in definition of "local government auditor" substituted (1.4.2006) by Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1968 (N.I. 18)), arts. 1(2), 28(1); S.R. 2006/151, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)Words in s. 44 substituted (2.6.2014) by Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 8), ss. 110(1), 129 (with s. 124(4)); S.R. 2014/153, art. 2, Sch. 11977 NI 281972 c. 9 (NI)