Fiji Commerce Commission


The Fiji Commerce Commission is a statutory organisation responsible for fair trade, competition and consumer protection regulation in the Fiji Islands. It was initially established in 1998 under the . The Commission is an independent statutory body that seeks to protect consumers and businesses from restrictive and unfair trade practices. When it was established, the Commission was principally responsible for enforcing Fiji's competition policies and laws. It was modelled on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. In 2010 the Fiji government passed the Commerce Commission Act 2010 which saw the Commission taken on extra responsibilities that notably included price control. Two of Fiji's regulatory agencies, the Department of Fair Trading & Consumer Affairs and the Prices & Incomes Board ceased to exist as separate entities following this new law. The functions, operations and staff of the two agencies are now merged into the Commerce Commission.

Functions http://www.commcomm.gov.fj/

The Commission is tasked with:
The Commission works closely with the Consumer Council of Fiji particularly on matters affecting consumers rights.

Brief History

With the introduction of the Commerce Commission Act in 1998, the Fiji government established a four-member Commerce Commission in October of the same year. The Commission was dissolved by the Fiji Labour Party government in 1999. Following the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, a new Commission was appointed in October 2000 by the then interim government. In March 2004 the Commission set up its main office at the Garden City Complex in Suva expanding in 2010 to Lautoka, and Labasa. The Commission Secretariat is headed by the Chief Executive Officer, currently Mr Joel Abraham, who holds a Double Masters, he also holds a Post graduate Diploma in Climate Change. The current commissioners include: the Chairman, Joann Young, a consultant with the UN; Deputy Chair Firoz Ghazali; lawyer Lyanne Vaurasi, Vimlesh Sagar - chief financial officer FBC, entrepreneur Romil Patel - founder and director of Jewels Fiji, and Isikeli Tikoduadua - a telecommunications director and former CEO of Home Finance Bank.