House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands

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legislative body parliament unicameral legislature

The House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands is the unicameral legislative body of this British Overseas Territory, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Turks and Caicos House of Assembly	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative body ⓘ parliament ⓘ unicameral legislature ⓘ
appliesTo	entire territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
approves	annual budget of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
chamberType	unicameral ⓘ
convenes	legislative sessions ⓘ
country	Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
countryType	British Overseas Territory ⓘ
electoralBodyFor	Members of the House of Assembly ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentTypeContext	parliamentary system ⓘ
hasCommitteeType	select committees ⓘ standing committees ⓘ
hasHouseType	lower house equivalent ⓘ
hasInstitutionalRole	central legislative authority of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
hasLegalAuthorityOver	statutory law in the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
hasMemberType	appointed members ⓘ elected members ⓘ ex officio members ⓘ
hasPower	can be dissolved by the Governor ⓘ enacts primary legislation ⓘ
hasRole	debates public policy ⓘ passes the budget ⓘ scrutinizes executive actions ⓘ
hasVotingSystem	first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative	Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfStateRepresented	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
holds	debates ⓘ
isSubjectTo	Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legislativeFunction	amends laws for the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ makes laws for the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
locatedIn	Cockburn Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks and Caicos Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Grand Turk Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsIn	Cockburn Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Grand Turk Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsInBuildingType	parliament building ⓘ
numberOfChambers	1 ⓘ
oversightFunction	oversees the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
partOf	government of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ political system of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
region	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ
sovereignState	United Kingdom ⓘ
supervises	executive branch of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ
uses	parliamentary procedures ⓘ
votesOn	bills ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Grand Turk District → hasLegislativeSeat → House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ

government of the Turks and Caicos Islands → legislature → House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

government of the Turks and Caicos Islands → legislativeBranch → House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Grand Turk → hasGovernmentBuilding → House of Assembly of the Turks and Caicos Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turks and Caicos House of Assembly