Legislative Council of Saint Helena

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The Legislative Council of Saint Helena is the unicameral elected legislature responsible for making laws and overseeing governance in the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Legislative Council of Saint Helena canonical	2
Legislative Council of St Helena	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
associatedWith	executive council of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
canEnact	ordinances for Saint Helena ⓘ
composition	Deputy Speaker ⓘ Speaker ⓘ elected members ⓘ ex officio members ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha NERFINISHED ⓘ
electorateIncludes	resident citizens of Saint Helena meeting franchise requirements ⓘ
establishedBy	Saint Helena Constitution Order 2009 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	unicameral representative democracy ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	LegCo (Saint Helena) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCommittee	Public Accounts Committee of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	approving the territory’s budget ⓘ passing primary legislation ⓘ questioning members of the executive ⓘ
hasLegislativeTerm	fixed multi-year terms for elected members ⓘ
hasNumberOfChambers	1 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasRoleIn	formation of the Executive Council of Saint Helena ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentedBy	Governor of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestLegislativeAuthorityIn	Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	based on English law ⓘ
legislatureFor	British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Jamestown, Saint Helena NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsFrequency	as required throughout the year ⓘ
meetsIn	The Castle, Jamestown NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInBuildingType	government building ⓘ
oversightOf	public finances of Saint Helena ⓘ
partOf	political system of Saint Helena ⓘ system of government of a British Overseas Territory ⓘ
region	South Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	earlier colonial legislative arrangements on Saint Helena ⓘ
responsibleFor	making laws for Saint Helena ⓘ oversight of the Government of Saint Helena ⓘ scrutinising public administration in Saint Helena ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo	constitutional review by the United Kingdom ⓘ
typeOfParliament	territorial legislature ⓘ
uses	standing orders to regulate its proceedings ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ plurality voting system ⓘ
worksWith	Governor of Saint Helena ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Saint Helena → hasLegislativeBody → Legislative Council of Saint Helena ⓘ

Government of Saint Helena → hasElectionsFor → Legislative Council of Saint Helena ⓘ

Constitution of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha → establishes → Legislative Council of Saint Helena ⓘ

this entity surface form: Legislative Council of St Helena