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REGULATION 17 Disciplinary Committee members or the Judicial Officer except to the extent allowed by the Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer. 17.18.9 For citing complaints initiated by Unions, in circumstances where a Citing Commissioner was not appointed, the Union citing the Player must have a representative in attendance at the hearing to present the basis of the citing complaint and evidence in support. Failure to attend by the Union representative shall result in the case being dismissed. 17.18.10 The Player subject to the proceedings (a) shall appear before the Disciplinary Committee, in person or via technological means; (b) may admit the act or alleged act of Foul Play at any time, in which case the Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer should proceed immediately to hear evidence and/or submissions as to the sanction, if any, to be imposed. 17.18.11 Subject always to Regulation 17.17.4, the Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer shall, in the first instance, in the case of a citing determine whether the act of Foul Play has been committed. In the case of an Ordering Off the Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer shall, in the first instance, determine its/his factual findings in relation to matters that can be properly raised in accordance with Regulation 17.17.3. Thereafter, as appropriate, it will reconvene and hear and consider evidence and submissions in relation to sanctions. 17.19 Sanctions and Core Sanctioning Process 17.19.1 In any case where a Disciplinary Committee or Judicial Officer considers an incident(s) of Foul Play has occurred, it/he may decide to impose a sanction in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation 17.19. When imposing sanctions, all Disciplinary Committees or Judicial Officers dealing with an Ordering Off and/or citing shall apply the World Rugby’s sanctions for Foul Play set out in Appendix 1 and do so in accordance with this Regulation 17.19. Assessment of seriousness of the Foul Play 17.19.2 Disciplinary Committees or Judicial Officers shall undertake an assessment of the seriousness of the Player’s conduct that constitutes the offending and categorise that conduct as being at the lower end, mid range or top end of the scale of seriousness in order to identify the appropriate entry point for consideration of a particular incident(s) of Foul Play where such incident(s) is expressly covered in Appendix 1. The assessment of the seriousness of the Player’s conduct shall be determined by reference to the following features: (a) whether the offending was intentional or deliberate; (b) whether the offending was reckless, that is the Player knew (or should have known) there was a risk of committing an act of Foul Play; (c) the gravity of the Player’s actions in relation to the offending; Last update: 14 January, 2015 253


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