The Fiji Law Reform Commission is independent publicly funded commission

Government agency

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, which helps develop and review legislation in Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. The Fiji Law Reform Commission Act established the Commission in 1979, to serve as an advisory body to the government and Parliament. The Commission reviews legislation and advises the lawmakers as to how to implement reforms.

The various responsibilities of the Commission include the drafting of legislation, codification of laws and streamlining of legal administration, and finding and eliminating anomalies in the laws. The repeal of obsolete or redundant laws is also explored by the Commission.

The Commission consists of a Chairperson, appointed by the President, and a minimum of three other Commissioners. The Commission is chaired by Alipate Qetaki

Alipate Qetaki

Alipate Qetaki is a Fijian lawyer and a former politician, who served as Attorney-General from May 1987 to September 1987 and against as Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000...

, a former Attorney-General

Attorney-General (Fiji)

Fiji's chief governmental legal officer is the Attorney General. According to the Constitution of Fiji, the Attorney-General is required to be a qualified lawyer and sits in the Cabinet. The office of the Attorney-General is the oldest surviving executive office in Fiji, having been established...

; the other three positions are currently vacant.

List of Chairpersons of the Fiji Law Reform Commission

#	Executive Chairperson [1]	Tenure
1.	Justice Justice Justice is a concept of moral rightness based on ethics, rationality, law, natural law, religion, or equity, along with the punishment of the breach of said ethics; justice is the act of being just and/or fair.-Concept of justice:...  K. A. Stuart	1980 - 1984
2.	Manikam V. Pillai	1984 - 1987
Commission not functioning		1987 - 1992
Vacant		1992 - 1993
3.	Daniel V. Fatiaki Daniel Fatiaki Taniela Vafo'ou Fatiaki CF was the Chief Justice of Fiji from 1 August 2002, when he succeeded Sir Timoci Tuivaga, till 5 December 2008. As Chief Justice, he presided over both the High Court and the Supreme Court, but is constitutionally barred from presiding over, or even sitting on, the...	1994 - 1995
4.	Anthony Tarr	1996
5.	R. Matebalavu	1997-1998
Vacant		1999 - 2002
6.	Alipate Qetaki Alipate Qetaki Alipate Qetaki is a Fijian lawyer and a former politician, who served as Attorney-General from May 1987 to September 1987 and against as Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the interim Cabinet formed by Laisenia Qarase in the wake of the Fiji coup of 2000...	2003 - present
[1] Before 2003, the office now called Executive Chairperson was called Chairman.