Legal Division
The Legal division has the overall responsibility of the management of legal at FCCC.
Our Legal division assists in making legally informed decisions and manages litigation, facilitated by internal resources and/or external litigation services where necessary.
The role of our in-house lawyers includes providing sound and accurate legal advice, specialist drafting of legal documents, and assisting to prepare and manage litigation.
Our in-house lawyers also manage external lawyers who are engaged where additional resources are needed. The legal division administers the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010.
Internal Audit & Governance Division
The Internal Audit & Governance Department provides independent and objective assurance and consulting activity that is guided by a philosophy of adding value to improve the operations of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The Department assists the Commission in accomplishing its strategic objective by bringing a systematic risk-based approach to evaluating and improving corporate governance, risk management and internal controls.
Economic Regulation Division
The Economic Regulation department of the FCCC is responsible for determining the prices of the products that is controlled by the FCCC pursuant to a Price Control Order and undertaking independent analysis and review on any industry engaged in the supply of electricity, water, sewage, post, broadcasting, telecommunications, ports, civil aviation or any other industries that is declared subsequently in Section 5, Regulated Industries of the Fijian Competition & Consumer Commission Act 2010. Through economic regulation, the department aims to get the right balance between providing incentives and equitable returns for regulated businesses to invest, and ensuring that consumers are charged prices that align with the cost of the goods or services they receive.
Pricing, Policy and Planning Division
The Pricing Policy and Planning Department performs one of the major core function of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (‘Commission’) under the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010 (FCCC Act 2010) and that is to control prices of goods and services where competition is restricted or lessened or as the Commission deems necessary. On this regard, the Commission is empowered under the FCCC Act 2010 to fix and declare by order through the approval of the Minister the maximum prices of goods and services that are under price control. Such control is necessary to ensure affordability whilst maintaining equitable returns in local trade.
The Department undertakes price reviews and costing assessments of price control goods and services. In addition, the Commission conducts monitoring exercises in the Fijian market in terms of trader inspections, general monitoring and surveillance to ensure compliance with the relevant provisions of price control under FCCC Act 2010. Further, the Department conducts market research to ensure effectiveness and efficiencies in the various industries developments.
Competition Division
Enforcement Division
Finance Department