Legislative Council of Tasmania

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legislative body unicameral chamber of a bicameral legislature upper house of parliament

The Legislative Council of Tasmania is the upper house of the Tasmanian Parliament, responsible for reviewing and scrutinizing legislation passed by the lower house.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tasmanian Legislative Council 2
Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
unicameral chamber of a bicameral legislature ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation LegCo (informal) ⓘ
broadcastsProceedings yes ⓘ
canAmendBills yes ⓘ
canRejectBills yes ⓘ
chamberOf Parliament of Tasmania ⓘ
constitutionalStatus state constitutional body ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerTitle President ⓘ
electionCycle periodic elections ⓘ
staggered terms ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member electorates ⓘ
establishedIn 1856 ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution Act 1934 (Tasmania) ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasElectoralDivisions 15 single-member divisions ⓘ
hasHouseColor red ⓘ
hasLeaderOfGovernment Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council ⓘ
hasLeaderOfOpposition Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
surface form: Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au ⓘ
hasSelectCommittees yes ⓘ
hasStandingCommittees yes ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
isBicameralPartnerOf House of Assembly of Tasmania ⓘ
jurisdiction Tasmania ⓘ
surface form: State of Tasmania
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legislativeFunction initiation of legislation ⓘ
review of legislation ⓘ
scrutiny of legislation ⓘ
location Tasmania ⓘ
meetsIn Parliament House, Hobart ⓘ
membersTitle Members of the Legislative Council ⓘ
numberOfMembers 15 ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of executive government ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Tasmania ⓘ
partySystemCharacteristic weak party discipline compared to lower house ⓘ
precededBy Legislative Council of Tasmania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Legislative Council ⓘ
publicAccess sittings open to the public ⓘ
relationshipToLowerHouse reviews bills passed by the House of Assembly ⓘ
roleInBudgetProcess reviews appropriation bills ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Hobart ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
typeOfMembers mostly independents ⓘ
votingEligibility enrolled electors of each division ⓘ
votingSystem preferential voting ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Parliament of Tasmania → hasComponent → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tasmanian Legislative Council
Tasmania → hasUpperHouse → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
House of Assembly of Tasmania → isBicameralWith → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
Legislative Council of Tasmania → precededBy → Legislative Council of Tasmania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Council of Van Diemen's Land
Parliament of Tasmania → upperHouse → Legislative Council of Tasmania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tasmanian Legislative Council