[3] An integrity unit was formed on 7 February 2013 and is headed by former Federal Court judge Tony Whitlam.
Charges would be laid against players by the NRL Match Review Committee (MRC), originally chaired from 1998–2003 by judiciary commissioner Jim Hall.
Hall was originally appointed by Super League to be that competition's judiciary commissioner, and was joined by Graham Annesley and Ron Massey to form the MRC.
If a charge was warranted, the MRC would grade the serious of the offence and players and clubs would have the opportunity to take an early guilty plea to avoid a hearing.
If found guilty the table of demerit point penalties would determine the number of matches players would be suspended after the verdict.