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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 43

Definitions for official purposes.

43.(1) In an enactment the expression

"Admiralty" shall mean the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom or the
Commissioners for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral of the
United Kingdom;

"Bank of England" shall mean, as the circumstances require, the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England or the Bank of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of England;

"Bank of Ireland" shall mean, as the circumstances require, the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland or the Bank of the Governor and Company of the
Bank of Ireland;

"Board of Trade" shall mean the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council
appointed for the consideration of matters relating to trade and foreign
plantations;

"British Islands" shall mean the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle
of Man and the Republic of Ireland;

"consular officer" shall include consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular
agent, and any person authorised to discharge the duties of consul-general,
consul, or vice-consul;

"Governor" shall mean the Governor of Northern Ireland;

"Lord Chancellor" shall mean the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain;

"National Debt Commissioners" shall mean the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt;

"Postmaster General" shall mean Her Majesty's Postmaster General;

"Privy Council" shall mean, except when used with reference to Northern
Ireland only, the Lords and others of Her Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council, and when used with reference to Northern Ireland only, shall
mean the Privy Council of Northern Ireland;

"Secretary of State" shall mean one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
State;

"Treasury" shall mean the Lord High Treasurer or the Commissioners of Her
Majesty's Treasury;

"United Kingdom" shall mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

(2) In an enactment the expression

"Attorney-General" shall mean the Attorney-General for Northern Ireland;

"authorised analyst" shall include the government chemist and any
public analyst;

Definition rep. by 1976 NI 23 art.17(2) sch.3

"Commissioner of Valuation" shall mean the officer [appointed under Article 36
of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 to be the Commissioner of Valuation
for Northern Ireland];

"consolidated fund" shall mean the consolidated fund of Northern Ireland;

"constable" except when used in enactments relating to the pay or pensions of
or the general administration of the Royal Ulster Constabulary [or the Royal
Ulster Constabulary Reserve], shall include any
member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, [ any reserve constable], any member
of any Harbour, Transport or Railway Police or of the Naval, Military or Royal
Air Force Police and any other person having for the time being the powers of
a constable;

"county inspector" shall include a commissioner of police for any county
borough and any officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary having the rank of
county inspector;

"exchequer" shall mean the exchequer of Northern Ireland;

"government chemist" shall mean the officer appointed under section two of the
Administrative Provisions Act (Northern Ireland), 1928, to be the
government chemist for Northern Ireland;

"Great Seal" shall mean the Great Seal of Northern Ireland and shall include
the Wafer Great Seal where the use of that Seal has been authorised under
section three of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1945;

"Inspector General" shall mean the Inspector General of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary;

"member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary" shall include any officer,
head-constable, sergeant, constable or other member of that force, ...;

"Pharmacy Inspector" and "Pharmacy Registrar" shall mean respectively [the
Pharmacy Inspector appointed under Article 24(1), and the registrar appointed
under Article 9(1), of the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;]

["Poisons Inspector" means [the Poisons Inspector appointed under Article 16
of the Poisons (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;]]

"public analyst" shall mean a public analyst appointed under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts (Northern Ireland), 1875 to 1939;

"Queen's Printer" shall mean the officer appointed to print Acts;

["regional rate" means a rate made by the Department of Finance under the
Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977;]

"registered pharmacist" shall mean a person registered in the register of
pharmaceutical chemists in pursuance of [the Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order
1976;]

["reserve constable" means a person appointed a reserve constable under
section 9 of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970;]

"weights and measures inspector" shall mean [a chief or other inspector of
weights and measures within the meaning of the Weights and Measures (Northern
Ireland) Order 1981].


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