Nevis Island Assembly

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The Nevis Island Assembly is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making laws and governing internal affairs on the island of Nevis within the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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Label Occurrences
Nevis Island Assembly canonical 8
Nevis Island Assembly elections 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
subnational legislature ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis on advice of Premier of Nevis ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Nevis Island Administration Order and related constitutional sections ⓘ
constitutionalRightLinked right of Nevis to secede under certain conditions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus legislature for the island of Nevis ⓘ
country Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
electionFrequency approximately every 5 years ⓘ
electoralDistricts 5 single-member constituencies ⓘ
established 1983 ⓘ
executiveLeaderTitle Premier of Nevis ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary system ⓘ
hasCommitteeFunction scrutiny of legislation for Nevis ⓘ
hasElections Nevis Island Assembly elections ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 3 nominated members ⓘ
8 elected members ⓘ
hasPower control of local taxation on Nevis ⓘ
oversight of Nevis Island Administration ⓘ
pass ordinances for Nevis ⓘ
hasRoleIn appointment of Nevis Island Administration ⓘ
headOfStateRepresentative Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
jurisdiction internal affairs of Nevis ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law tradition ⓘ
legislativeBranchOf Nevis Island Administration ⓘ
locatedIn Nevis ⓘ
meetsIn Charlestown, Nevis ⓘ
meetsInBuildingType parliament building ⓘ
oversees Nevis Island Administration budget ⓘ
partOf Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Nevis Island Assembly ⓘ
relatedBody National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
relationToNationalParliament separate from National Assembly of Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ
represents people of Nevis ⓘ
responsibleFor governing internal affairs of Nevis ⓘ
making laws for Nevis ⓘ
termLength up to 5 years ⓘ
totalMembership 11 members ⓘ
typeOfLawPassed Nevis Island ordinances ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
websiteType official government website (Nevis Island Administration) ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Nevis Island Administration → legislativeBody → Nevis Island Assembly ⓘ
Nevis Island Administration → hasLegislature → Nevis Island Assembly ⓘ
Premier of Nevis → appointedOnTheAdviceOf → Nevis Island Assembly ⓘ
Premier of Nevis → officeContestedIn → Nevis Island Assembly elections ⓘ
linked to: Nevis Island Assembly
Nevis → hasLocalLegislature → Nevis Island Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: island of Nevis