Government of the British Virgin Islands

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executive authority territorial government

The Government of the British Virgin Islands is the territorial administration of this British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, responsible for executive governance, public services, and local policy under a constitutional framework with the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
British Virgin Islands government 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive authority ⓘ
territorial government ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
ceremonialHeadOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratesWith Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalStatus British Overseas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
country British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
defenceReservedTo Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
electionSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
executivePowerExercisedBy Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Premier of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
externalAffairsReservedTo Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows parliamentary democracy principles ⓘ
hasElectedBody House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasExecutiveBranch Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFinancialRegulator British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeadOfGovernment Premier of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeadOfStateRepresentative Governor of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
hasJudicialBranch Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegislativeBranch House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMinistry Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministry of Finance of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministry of Health and Social Development of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministry of Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ministry of Transportation, Works and Utilities of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
holds general elections ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
locatedIn British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
nationalityMattersReservedTo Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesUnder Constitution of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster system NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf British Overseas Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ
policingOversightBy Governor of the British Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates offshore financial services sector ⓘ
responsibleFor education policy ⓘ
health policy ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
local policy ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
public services ⓘ
taxation within the territory ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Road Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tortola NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesResponsibilityWith Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectTo oversight by the United Kingdom Parliament in reserved matters ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Anegada → administeredBy → Government of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islands government
House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands → confersConfidenceOn → Government of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport → isOwnedBy → Government of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands → legislativeBranchOf → Government of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands → territorialUse → Government of the British Virgin Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Virgin Islands government