39. Contents of requests---Every request to the Commissioner for a pay
 equity assessment---
   (a) Shall be in writing; and
   (b) Shall contain a definition of the female occupation to which the
         request relates, which definition may, among other things, use
         New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations digit levels
         2, 3, 4, or 5, and any work descriptions or position
         designations in awards or agreements; and
   (c) Shall contain, or be accompanied by, evidence or information that
         the occupation to which the request relates is a female
         occupation; and
   (d) Shall---
           (i) In the case of each union making the request, show that
         the union has coverage of workers in the female occupation; or
           (ii) In the case of each employers organisation making the
         request, show that the employers organisation has members who
         employ workers in the female occupation; or
           (iii) In the case of a request made pursuant to section 38 (c)
         or section 38 (d) of this Act, show that the persons making the
         request are female workers in the female occupation and set out
         the other facts on which those persons base their claim to be
         entitled under section 38 (c) or section 38 (d) of this Act to
         make the request; and
   (e) Shall contain proposed definitions of two male occupations, being
         occupations suggested as comparator occupations for the purposes
         of the pay equity assessment.