While the city council suggested that the Legislative Council might perform the review, Mr. Notte said that instead he will take up the matter with Atty. Gen. J. Joseph Nugent to get `` the benefit of his views ''.

Legislative Council building in Road Town.

A new constitution was adopted in 2007 ( the Virgin Islands Constitution Order, 2007 ) and came into force when the Legislative Council was dissolved for the 2007 general election.

Before then, the government was a Crown colony consisting of either colonial administration solely ( such as the Executive Council ), or a mixture of colonial rule and a partially elected assembly, such as the Legislative Council.

The Bishop of Sodor and Man, whose diocese lies outside of the United Kingdom, is an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.

The local Country and Liberal Party members decided to form an independent " Country Liberal Party " ( CLP ) to field candidates for the Legislative Council in 1974.

1946 — Legislative Council is established.

Currently a Tri-Party Commission is serving as a Transitional Council with delegates from the Legislative, Executive and Transparency Branch, to reform the broken judicial system of the Country.

The new constitution also replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, and better explained the role of the Governor and the Chief Executive.

The Governor normally acts only on the advice of the Executive Council of the Falkland Islands, which is composed of three Members of the Legislative Assembly elected by the Assembly to serve on the Council every year, the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance and the Governor, who acts as presiding officer.

Until 2009, when the new constitution came into force and created the Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the islands was the Legislative Council, which had existed since the 19th century.

The Director is also an ex officio member of both the Legislative Assembly and the Executive Council.

Under the DOP, Israel agreed to recognize the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a " Single Territorial Unit " as well as to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, which includes the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996, as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

* 1950-Gibraltar's first Legislative Council was opened.

This modification granted Grenadians from 1925 the right to elect 5 of the 15 members of the Legislative Council, on a restricted property franchise enabling the wealthiest 4 % of Grenadian adults to vote.

In 1950 Grenada had its constitution amended to increase the number of elected seats on the Legislative Council from 5 to 8, to be elected by full adult franchise at the 1951 election.

On 10 October 1951 Grenada held its first general elections on the basis of universal adult suffrage-United Labour won 6 of the 8 elected seats on the Legislative Council in both the 1951 and 1954 elections.

However the Legislative Council had few powers at this time, with government remaining fully in the hands of the colonial authorities.

A new political party, the Grenada National Party led by Herbert Blaize, contested the 1957 general election and with the cooperation of elected independent members took control of the Legislative Council from the Grenada United Labour Party.

In 1960 another constitutional evolution established the post of Chief Minister, making the leader of the majority party in the Legislative Council, which at that time was Herbert Blaize, effective head of government.

Although essentially more presidential than parliamentary, the Legislative Council had inherited many elements of the Westminster system, including parliamentary powers, privileges and immunity, and the right to conduct inquiries, amongst others.

The Legislative Council () was largely a ceremonial body, existing to rubber-stamp decisions issued by the State Council.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Parliament.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Botswana.

Legislative power is vested in the Croatian Parliament ().

Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Finland, and the government has limited rights to amend or extend legislation.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Hellenic Parliament.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Greenland ( known as Inatsisartut ).

Convention dictates, that the governor must draw from the Parliament an individual to act as Premier, who is also capable of forming government — in almost all cases the Member of Parliament who commands the confidence of the Legislative Assembly.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of the Parliament of India, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of Parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the unicameral Seimas ( Lithuanian Parliament ).

Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Malta which consists of the President of Malta and the unicameral House of Representatives of Malta with the Speaker presiding officer of the legislative body.

Legislative power is largely vested in the Parliament.

The Premier is appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, and by modern convention holds office by virtue of his or her ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly.

The premier must be a member of one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Western Australia ; by convention the premier is a member of the lower house, the Legislative Assembly.

* Legislative: The Parliament of Sri Lanka, is a unicameral 225-member legislature with 196 members elected in multi-seat constituencies and 29 by proportional representation.

Legislative power is vested in by the Parliament of Sierra Leone.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Parliament of Singapore.

Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of Parliament, the Council of Provinces and the National Assembly.

Legislative power is vested in the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales.

* Parliament = Legislative

Legislative power is vested in the King in Parliament, and judicial power is vested in the supreme court.

Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as well as in the Scottish parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland assemblies.

This seat in Parliament was first filled in 1876, but was abolished in 1880 one year after its second Member, Edmund Barton, was elected to the Legislative Assembly.