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REGULATION 21 21.5.6.5 Testing Pool Criteria World Rugby shall nominate which Unions and the number of International Level Players who are part of the Union’s national squad that shall become part of the Testing Pool. For the avoidance of doubt, those Players who are part of the Registered Testing Pool shall not also be members of the Testing Pool. 21.5.6.6 Removal from the Registered Testing Pool or Testing Pool A Player shall remain part of the Registered Testing Pool or Testing Pool for the duration of the nominated quarter and subject to whereabouts requirements set out in these Anti-Doping Rules unless and until: (a) The Player is given written notice by World Rugby or Union (in accordance with World Rugby’s instructions) that he is no longer designated for inclusion in the Registered Testing Pool or Testing Pool; (b) Subject to Regulation 21.5.7.6, the Player retires from competition and gives written notice to his Union to that effect, who shall advise World Rugby immediately; (c) World Rugby at its discretion accepts a replacement Whereabouts Filing by a Union in respect of its National Squad for that quarter period. 21.5.6.7 Movement of Players from the Registered Testing Pool to the Testing Pool A Player may be moved from the Registered Testing Pool to the Testing Pool where: (a) The Player has served a period of Ineligibility and has not given any cause to World Rugby, pursuant to Regulation 21.5.6.4 to remain in the Registered Testing Pool; (b) The Player was previously elevated from the Testing Pool into the Registered Testing Pool as a result of incurring three Whereabouts Failures and did not record any Whereabouts Failures in the Registered Testing Pool for a period of three consecutive quarters; and (c) World Rugby considers in its discretion that it is appropriate to move the Player from the Registered Testing Pool to the Testing Pool. 21.5.6.8 Provision of Whereabouts (a) International-Level Players entered into either the Registered Testing Pool or Testing Pool shall provide accurate and complete Player whereabouts information every quarter via their Union and/or ADAMS (or such other centralised database of similar functionality and security which World Rugby has access to and has approved) ("Database") to World Rugby (and/or their NADO as agreed by Last update: 14 January, 2015 333


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