The region is administrated by the Regional Assembly which is responsible for matters within independent provinces. As far as transferred provinces are concerned, the Regional Assembly assumes responsibility only if prescribed by the law.
1. introducing law proposals to the House of Commons,
2. introducing proposals to abolish law regulations to the Constitutional Court, if these are
considered to be against the law,
3. editing generally obligatory regulations,
4. coordinating the regional district development, approving of the regional district development
programmes in accordance with special laws, ensuring their implementation and supervising over
their performance,
5. approving of regional planning documentation for the Region and declaring its obligatory
parts through a generally obligatory regulation of the Region,
6. approving of a tourism development conception within the Region's district, ensuring their
implementation and supervising over their performance,
7. electing the Region's deputies for the regional boards of region compactness,
8. specifying a basic transport service range for the Region,
9. making decissions about the Region's co-operation with other regions, and about international
co-operation,
10. approving of the Region's budget and of the Region's final expense,
11. establishing and closing down allowance organizations and Region's organizational bodies;
and moreover approving of their establishing acts,
12. making decissions about establishing and cancelling legal entities, approving of their
establishing acts, articles of partnership, foundation charters and statutes, making decissions
about participation in already existing legal entities,
13. approving of an establishing act, foundation charter, articles of partnership and statutes
of business organizations which the Region is aiming to establish, and deciding about the
Region's participation in business organizations and in generally beneficial associations,
including calculation of deposit ammount,
14. designating regional deputies to general meetings of business organizations in which the
Region has property participation,
15. nominating regional deputies into the other business organization bodies in which the Region
has property participation, and proposing their dismissals,
16. electing and dismissing a Governor of the Region, Governor's deputies and other board members
from their own ranks, and dismissing them from their functions,
17. specifying the number of released board members as well as the functions for which the board
members are to be released and by which date,
18. establishing and closing down boards, electing and dismissing their chairmen and members,
19. deciding about rewards to the released board members and about rewards in accordance with
article 50, section 4 and 5,
20. specifying the principles for reimbursing board members for travelling expenses (article 53),
21. deciding about financial performances connected with the functional execution of the board members,
committees and special boards towards natural persons who are not the Authority members,
22. awarding regional prizes,
23. fulfilling other duties given by the law.