The Prices and Consumer Affairs Division (CPA) has supported a legislative overhaul of the nation’s 70-year-old price control framework, citing a critical need to move past a legal process described as a “bottleneck” for enforcement.
The CPA’s Director of Prices and Consumer Affairs, Orrin Steele, confirmed the division’s alignment with recent Cabinet discussions regarding the Distribution and Price of Goods Act (Cap. 138).
Steele revealed that the department was a key architect in drafting the proposed Price of Goods Bill 2025, which is intended to replace the 1957 legislation.
