The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

The word fono is a Samoan and Polynesian term for councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils.

In general, the term means councils or meetings great and small and applies to national assemblies and legislatures, as well as local village councils or any type of meeting between people.

However, this interpretation needed to be reconciled with section 32 which states that the Charter should apply only to Parliament and legislatures.