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Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago,
The Tobago House of
Assembly Act - Act No. 40
of 1996
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• An
Act to repeal and replace
the Tobago House of
Assembly Act, Chap.
25:03, to provide for the
membership, powers and
functions of the Tobago
House of Assembly and its
Executive Council and
matters incidental
thereto.
• Members of the
Assembly - Section 5
The Assembly shall be a
body corporate and
consist of -
(a) Twelve Assemblymen
elected at an election
held in accordance with
the Representation of the
People Act, but subject
to section 15(1)(b);
(b) Four Councillors
appointed in accordance
with section 9;
(c) A Presiding Officer
who may or may not be an
Assemblyman or a
councilor, who shall not
be a member of the
Executive Council and who
shall be elected in
accordance with section
7.
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• Functions of the
Assembly - Section 25
Without prejudice to
section 75(1) of the
constitution, the
Assembly shall, in
relation to Tobago, be
responsible for the
formulation and
implementation of policy
in respect of the matters
set out in the Fifth
Schedule.
• Executive
Council of the Assembly -
Section 33
The Executive Council
shall comprise -
(a) The Chief Secretary;
(b) The Deputy Chief
Secretary;
(c) Such other
Secretaries, not being
more than five, selected
from among the Members of
the Assembly as the
President acting in
accordance with the
advice of the Chief
Secretary may appoint.
• Section 34
The Executive Council
shall be responsible for
the carrying out of the
functions of the Assembly
and the Chief Secretary
may, for that purpose,
undertake or assign to a
Secretary, responsibility
for any such function.
In the exercise of their
powers, the Members of
the Executive Council
shall be individually and
collectively responsible
to the Assembly.
• Section 37
Where a Secretary is
assigned responsibility
for a Division of the
Assembly, he shall
exercise general
direction and control
over that Division.
Nothing in this Act shall
affect mutual
consultation between and
Minister and a Secretary.
• Staff and
Related Matters - Section
71
There shall be assigned
to the Assembly, a Chief
Administrator who shall
be a public officer for
the purposes of section
121 of the Constitution.
• Section 72
There shall be assigned
to the Assembly, a Clerk
who shall be responsible
for the efficient
discharge of such
functions as fall to be
discharged by him under
the Rules and Standing
Orders of the Assembly or
as may be assigned to him
by the Presiding Officer.
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| 2.- FIFTH SCHEDULE:
Areas of responsibility of the
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• 1. Finance, that is to
say, the collection of revenue
and the meeting of expenditure
incurred in the carrying out of
the functions of the Assembly
• 2. State Lands
• 3. Land and marine parks
• 4. Museums, archives,
historical sites and historical
buildings
• 5. Public buildings and
the maintenance of the residences
of the President and Prime
Minister
• 6. Tourism
• 7. Sports
• 8. Culture and the Arts
• 9. Community Development
• 10. Co-operatives
• 11. Agriculture
• 12. Fisheries
• 13. Food Production
• 14. Forestry
• 15. Town and Country
Planning
• 16. Infrastructure,
including air and sea
transportation, wharves and
airports and public utilities
• 17. Telecommunications
• 18. Highway and Roads
• 19. Industrial
Development
• 20. The Environment
• 21. Customs and Excise
• 22. Licensing
• 23. Health Services
• 24. Library Services
• 25. Education including
Curriculum
• 26. Social Welfare
• 27. Marketing
• 28. Valuations
• 29. Postal services and
collection of revenue therefrom
• 30. Statistics and
Information
• 31. Housing
• 32. Plant and Animal
Quarantine
• 33. Such other matters
as the President may, by Order,
assign to the Assembly.
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| SIXTH
SCHEDULE - Matters for which the
Assembly shall not be
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• 1. The President
• 2. National Security
• 3. Foreign Affairs
• 4. Civil Aviation
• 5. Meteorology
• 6. Immigration
• 7. Legal Affairs including the
registration of legal documents
• 8. Judiciary
• 9. Auditor General
• 10. Ombudsman
• 11. Service Commissions.
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The
Tobago Assembly, however, does
not have legislative powers.
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