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Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration

Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Labour and Immigration

The long-time existing Cooperative Societies Act Cap. 164, modeled on 1904 Indian legislation was first passed for Solomon Islands in 1957 and re-issued in 1969 with minor amendments. Efforts to replace the cooperative societies Act were undertaken in 1980 and 1983. In 1987 the revision of cooperative legislation, drafted by Professor Hans H. Munker of the ILO was submitted. In 1998, an ILO funded review of the cooperative movement was carried out by an appointed committee chaired by Mr. Bob Pollard and was completed in 1999. The 1999 draft cooperative Act was further revised by Ms. Victoria Aitken, Deputy Legal Drafter, AG Chambers, and completed with the 2004 Cooperative Societies Bill. Unfortunately, this particular draft bill was said to be missing from the AG Chambers and that further review is indeed difficult. The Cooperative Unit is working very closely with AG Chambers to identify further ways of reviewing the Act.