legislature of Antigua and Barbuda

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The legislature of Antigua and Barbuda is the country’s national law-making body, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives within its parliamentary democracy.

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Label	Occurrences
legislature of Antigua and Barbuda canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bicameral legislature ⓘ national legislature ⓘ
appoints	members of the Senate ⓘ
budgetaryPower	control over public expenditure ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	supreme law-making authority subject to the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
country	Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
elects	members of the House of Representatives ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
establishedInYear	1981 ⓘ
function	amending laws ⓘ approving the national budget ⓘ enacting legislation ⓘ repealing laws ⓘ scrutinizing the executive ⓘ
governmentForm	parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasChamber	lower house ⓘ upper house ⓘ
hasComponent	House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Senate of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasRoleIn	constitutional amendments ⓘ
hasVotingSystemLowerHouse	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative	Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
headOfStateRole	King of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
jurisdiction	Antigua ⓘ Barbuda ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
locatedIn	St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
meetsIn	Parliament Building, St. John’s (commonly cited) ⓘ surface form: Parliament Building, St. John’s
monarch	Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ surface form: Charles III
oversightOf	Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
partOf	Westminster system ⓘ
passes	Acts of Parliament ⓘ
primaryFunction	lawmaking ⓘ
requiresRoyalAssentFrom	Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
responsibleFor	representation of the people of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
senateAppointmentsOnAdviceOf	Leader of the Opposition of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
senatorsAppointedBy	Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
sovereignState	Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse	up to 5 years ⓘ
typeOfState	Commonwealth realms ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth realm
upperHouse	Senate of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ

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Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda → bindingOn → legislature of Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ