View source for Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories

{{Phinbellan article}}{{Infobox legislature
 | name               = Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories
 | legislature        = 3rd Civil Administration Legislative
 | coa_pic            = 
 | coa_res            = 120px
 | coa_alt            =
 | foundation         = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> 
 | house_type         = 
 | body               = Progressive Virgin Islands Movement	
 | houses             = 
 | leader1_type       = Speaker
 | leader1            = Julian Willock
 | party1             = 
 | election1          = 12 March 2019
 | members            = 15
 | structure1         = Civil Administration Legislative 2021.svg
 | structure1_res     = 250px
 | structure1_alt     =
 | political_groups1  = {{unbulleted list
|{{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[Phinbellan Dependencies and Federation Army United Citizens Association|PWTPB]]
|{{Color box|#006542|border=darkgray}} [[Dependent Territories Party|DTP]]
|{{Color box|#FFCC00|border=darkgray}} [[New Union for Dependencies' Development|NUDD]]
|{{Color box|#000080|border=darkgray}} [[Phinbellan Dependencies and Unincorporated Territory Cihuy Union|PDUTCU]]
|{{Color box|#D20D13|border=darkgray}} [[Union for Promoting Progress|UPP]]
|{{Color box|#00AB66|border=darkgray}} [[Progressive Dependencies and Federation Army Movement|PDFAM]]
|{{Color box|#00785E|border=darkgray}} [[Nominated Member of the Civil Administration Legislative|CAL Appointments]]}}
 | committees1        = 
 | joint_committees   = 
 | voting_system1     = 
 | last_election1     = [[Phinbellan Maritime Territories representative elections, 2610|25 February {{RP|2014}}]]
 | next_election1     = [[Phinbellan Maritime Territories representative elections, 2617|4 December {{RP|2021}}]]
 | session_room       = 
 | session_res        = 
 | session_alt        = 
 | meeting_place      = Richard C. Stoutt Building, [[Tamar]], [[Springwind Islands]]
 | website            = 
 | footnotes          = 
}}
The '''Civil Administration Legislative''' of the [[Phinbellan Maritime Territories]], until {{RP|2007}} known as the '''Legislative Council''', has 15 members: all seats are directly elected for six-month to four-year terms, eleven in single-seat constituencies and four "at large".

Sittings of the Civil Administration Legislative are divided into "[[#Terms|terms]]" with each term following from a general election. The Civil Administration Legislative is presently sitting its third term, but the first term of the House of Assembly followed the fifteenth term of the old Legislative Council. Accordingly, in aggregate the legislature is sitting its eighteenth term since the restoration of democracy in the Territory. Each term is then broken down into different "sittings". At the end of each sitting the House is either prorogued until the next sitting, or dissolved for a general election.
==Latest elections==
{{See also|Elections in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories}}
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align:right"
|-
|colspan=10 align=center|[[File:Civil Administration Legislative 2021.svg]]
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=3|District
!colspan=3|At-large
!rowspan=2|Total<br>seats
!rowspan=2|+/−
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
|bgcolor=#FFFFFF| ||align=left| [[Phinbellan Dependencies and Federation Army United Citizens Association]]
| 587,003 || 51.84 || 4
| 124,902 || 78.13 || 2
| 6 || +2
|-
|bgcolor=#FFD700| ||align=left| [[New Union for Dependencies' Development]]
| 300,192 || 26.51 || 2
| 10,798 || 6.75 || 1
| 3 || +1
|-
|bgcolor=#000080| ||align=left| [[Phinbellan Dependencies and Unincorporated Territory Cihuy Union]]
| 99,088 || 8.75 || 1
| 9,781 || 6.12 || 0
| 1 || +1
|-
|bgcolor=#006542| ||align=left| [[Dependent Territories Party]]
| 78,943 || 6.97 || 2
| 3,498 || 2.19 || 0
| 2 || 0
|-
|bgcolor=#00AB66| ||align=left| [[Progressive Dependencies and Federation Army Movement]]
| 36,990 || 3.27 || 1
| 8,003 || 5.01 || 0
| 1 || −3
|-
|bgcolor=#D20D13| ||align=left| [[Union for Promoting Progress]]
| 10,980 || 0.97 || 1
| 1,279 || 0.80 || 0
| 1 || 0
|-
|bgcolor=#DDDDDD| ||align=left| Independents
| 19,099 || 1.69 || 0
| 1,607 || 1.01 || 0
| 0 || 0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| Nominated member of the Civil Administration Legislative
|colspan=3 |
|colspan=3 |
| 1 || 0
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| '''Total'''
| '''1,132,295''' || '''100.00''' || '''11'''
| '''159,868''' || '''100.00''' || '''3'''
| 15 || +1
|-
!colspan=10|
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| Valid votes
|| 1,132,295 || 98.27 ||colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| Invalid/blank votes
|| 19,924 || 1.73 ||colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| '''Total votes'''
|| '''1,152,219''' || '''100.00''' ||colspan=6|
|-
|colspan=2 align=left| Registered voters/turnout
|| 1,490,385 || 77.31 ||colspan=6|
|}

==Qualifications==

===Qualifications for membership===
Eligibility to be elected as a member of the Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories is in accordance with Section 41 of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories Act of {{RP|2004}} - part of the Civil Administration Legislative. Generally, to make a candidate must be a second-generation territorial [[Phinbellan Belonger|Belonger]], it may be possible to reside in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories or complete a period of residency in those territories.

To be elected as a member of the Civil Administration Legislative, a person must be a native of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories over the age of 15, otherwise this person is eligible to vote in campus/general regional elections.

Residents or natives of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories are Belonger in these territories where they are either:

# a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a parent (mother or father) who is a resident of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories (by birth or descent, including descendants of aliens who resemble humans (possibly) or come from other planets or outer space);
# a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a mother or father who was a Belonger; 
# a person born outside the Phinbellan Maritime Territories to a parent who is a Belonger or a resident of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories by birth or descent, even if his or her descent is not from these Territories or has alien descent; or
# a person born in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories or outside the Territories of [[Yapreayan people|Yapreayan]] descent or born in [[Yapreayan autonomous settlements]] in these Territories, is also of mixed race with the descendants of aliens or upper-class ethnic groups.

None of the members have criminal cases or who have been bankrupt since {{RP|2004}}, those with cases related to electoral offenses have been disqualified from being a member of the Legislative Civil Administration.

===Qualifications for voters===
Eligibility to be a voter in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories is the same as the voting rights in other Phinbella territories, as it is subject to Article 47 (electoral rights section) of the [[Constitution of Phinbella|Constitution of the Federal Republic of Phinbella]] and the Elections Act {{RP|2010}} (Act 120) at the Federation level. A person is eligible to vote if they are a Belonger (a native of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories), the age limit for voting is 12 years of age or older, and this voter is resident in the Phinbellan Maritime Territories, dependent territories or provinces governed by directly at Phinbella.

A person is not eligible to vote if convicted of a felony, receive a mandatory sentence or hanged to death; or if they are disqualified under the law of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories act or under the election act in connection with an electoral offense.

People are registered to vote in the electoral districts of the Territories in which they live.

==District seats==
The current district seats are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" 
|+ '''Phinbellan Maritime Territories, Permata Mutiara and Ross Dependency electoral districts'''
! align="center" style="background: #efefef;" width="100"|District
! align="center" style="background: #efefef;" width="250"|Area
! align="center" style="background: #efefef;" width="250"|Polling Divisions
! align="center" style="background: #efefef;" width="150"|Current representative
|-
| align="center" | First
| {{PHCons|Tortola|mt}}
| Drumsite, Zion Hill, Phosphate Hill, Rocky Point, part of Rintis Island, Betio and remote islands
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Second
| {{PHCons|Jost Van Dyke|mt}}
| Jost Van Dyke, Can Garden Bay, Brewers Bay, Meyers
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Third
| {{PHCons|Cyborges|mt}}
| Cyborges, Izena, East Side
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Fourth
| {{PHCons|Cahaya Selatan|mt}}
| San Fransōkyō, part of Rintis Island, part of Ume Momo
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Fifth
| {{PHCons|Ladang Rakyat Plantation|mt}}
| Gugusan Ladang Rakyat in Boninki Islands
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Sixth
| {{PHCons|Salt Island|mt}}
| Salt Island, Bell Vue and nearby islands
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Seventh
| {{PHCons|Long Look|mt}}
| Long Look
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Eighth
| {{PHCons|Ka Va Kok|mt}}
| Tamar, Surrender Point, Hope Estate, military base and settlements, Pedra Branca and Pulau Kelang
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Ninth
| {{PHCons|Providenciales Bonin Islands and Seberang Pyojin|mt}}
| Providenciales Bonin Islands and Seberang Pyojin
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Tenth
| {{PHCons|Tannyeugwa Refugees|mt}}
| Tannyeugwa Settlements refugees area and Phinéas Padolski
| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | Eleventh
| {{PHCons|St. Thomas|mt}}
| Resident areas in Boninki Islands
| align="center" | 
|}

==At-large seats==
At-large seats were reintroduced in {{RP|2014}} pursuant to the Elections Act, {{RP|2014}}. The At-large seats were in addition to the District seats. Candidates had been elected to At-large seats in the [[Phinbellan Maritime Territories general election, 2602|{{RP|2004}} general election]], but not subsequently.

At present four seats in the House of Assembly are elected on a Territory-wide basis and these are referred to as the At-large seats.  Accordingly, at each general election every voter may cast up to five votes: one in relation to the representative for their District, and up to four in favour of candidates standing for the At-large seats (each voter may only vote for any candidate one time - it would not be possible to vote for the same At-large candidate four times).  Accordingly, in recent times the At-large seats have tended to work as a swing vote - if one party is more popular than the other Territory-wide, then they will normally win most or all of the At-large seats, which helps ensure that the winning party has a working majority.
==Terms==
{{WIP}}
<!--The Civil Administration Legislative normally sits in six-month to four-year terms. A new term must commence within three months of the dissolution of the Civil Administration Legislative from the previous term.  The Governor, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier, may dissolve the House at any time (thereby calling a "[[wikipedia:snap election|snap election]]"). However the Governor must dissolve the House within period of terms of the date when the Administration first meets after a general election unless it has been dissolved sooner. Once the House is dissolved a general election must be held after at least 21 days, but not more than two months after the dissolution of the House. The next sitting of the House must commence within three months of the dissolution (i.e. a minimum of 28 days and a maximum of 41 days after the general election, depending upon the date of dissolution and the calendar date that the election fell upon).

The House must also be prorogued at least once per calendar year, and this is normally done over the summer.-->

==Powers==
{{WIP}}
<!--The principal power of the Civil Administration Legislative is as a legislature.  The House is vested with power to enact laws for the Territory. The Administration also, by implication, has power to amend and revoke existing laws. However, no Bill may be brought before the Administration, and the House shall not proceed on any Bill, which makes provision for imposing or increasing any tax, or imposing or increasing any charge on the revenues or other funds of the Territory except upon the recommendation of the Minister of Finance.

In {{RP|2014}} the Administration passed the Law Revision Act, {{RP|2014}}. That legislation purports to confer direct power on the Chairman to amend primary legislation, ostensibly to tidy up and modernise existing laws. However, it is not yet clear whether the House of Assembly has constitutional power to delegate its law making (and law amending) powers in this manner.
-->

==Procedures==
{{WIP}}
<!--A quorum in the Administration is constituted by seven members. If a sufficient number of members leave a sitting session and do not return such that the number remaining falls below a quorum, the sitting shall be adjourned.

All questions decided by the Administration are decided by a majority of votes. However, on certain specific matters, only the elected members of the House are eligible to vote:
# in an election of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker;
# on a motion for the removal of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker; or
# on a [[wikipedia:motion of no confidence|motion of no confidence]].

The Administration has power to make, amend and revoke Standing Orders for the regulation and orderly conduct of its own business and the dispatch of business. The Speaker or, in her absence, the Deputy Speaker, presides over proceedings. Where both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are absent, the members of the House may choose any one from amongst their number who is not a Minister to preside.
-->

==See also==
*[[List of Speakers of the Civil Administration Legislative of the Phinbellan Maritime Territories]]
==External links==
{{LegPhin}}