In this connection, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives set up a committee to draft the act on community enterprise promotion which was subsequently proposed for consideration according to legislative procedures. The Community Enterprise Promotion Act was then promulgated in the Government Gazette no. 122 section 6 A on January 18, B.E. 2548 (2005) and entered into force since January 19, B.E. 2548 (2005).