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Article 2 Submitters

  1. (1)

    The code of conduct shall include provision ensuring that a person is only permitted to act as a submitter of input data on behalf of a contributor if the contributor is satisfied that the person has the necessary skills, knowledge, training and experience for the role.

  2. (2)

    The code of conduct shall describe the due diligence process that a contributor is required to undertake in order to be satisfied that a person has the necessary skills, knowledge, training and experience to submit input data on its behalf. The description of that process shall include a requirement to undertake checks to verify:

    1. (a)

      the person's identity;

    2. (b)

      the person's qualifications; and

    3. (c)

      the person's reputation, including whether the person has previously been excluded from submitting input data to a benchmark for reasons of misconduct.

  3. (3)

    The code of conduct shall specify the process and means of communication to be used by a contributor to notify the administrator of the identity of any person submitting input data on its behalf, so as to allow the administrator to check that the submitter is authorised to submit the data on the contributor's behalf.