Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)Verification Manual9. Outsourcing7 |
| 9.1 | The Verification Agency shall have a process by which it describes the conditions under which outsourcing may take place. The Verification Agency shall have a legally enforceable agreement covering the arrangements, including confidentiality and conflict of interests, with each outsourced body. |
| 9.2 | Decision-making regarding verifications shall never be outsourced. |
| 9.3 | The Verification Agency shall: |
| 9.3.1 | take full responsibility for all verifications outsourced to another body |
| 9.3.2 | maintain its responsibility for granting a B-BBEE score |
| 9.3.3 | ensure that the outsourced body uses individuals who conform to the applicable provisions of this document, including competence, impartiality, confidentiality, and B-BBEE status |
| 9.3.4 | ensure that the outsourced body uses individuals who are not involved, either directly or through any other employer, with any measured entity to be evaluated in such a way that impartiality could be compromised, and |
| 9.3.5 | obtain the consent of the measured entity being evaluated to use a given outsourced body. |
| 9.3.6 | The Verification Agency shall have documented procedures for the qualifications, monitoring and records of all outsourced bodies used for verifications. |
7 See SANAS R47-02 paragraph 13.5