The Tobago House of Assembly has been assigned responsibility for the following areas:

• 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;
• State Lands;
• Land and marine parks;
• Museums, archives, historical sites and historical buildings;
• Public buildings and the maintenance of the resi-dences of the President and the Prime Minister;
• Tourism;
• Sports;
• Culture and the Arts;
• Community Development;
• Co-operatives;
• Agriculture;
• Fisheries;
• Food Production;
• Forestry;
• Town and Country Planning;
• Infrastructure, including air and sea transportation, wharves and airports and public utilities;