REGULATION 21 (b) For Players in a Registered Testing Pool or Testing Pool, where the Union makes the Whereabouts Filing, liability for Filing Failures shall be determined in accordance with Regulation 21.5.6.18, and liability for Missed Tests shall be determined in accordance with Regulation 21.5.6.23 or 21.5.6.24 (as appropriate). 21.5.6.20 Consequence of Third Party Filing Failures (a) If the Union or other authorised third party does not make a required Whereabouts Filing, or makes the Whereabouts Filing but does not include all of the required information, then (subject to the requirements of Regulation 21.5.6.18) the Player will be liable for a Filing Failure. (b) If any of the required information changes after a Whereabouts Filing is made, then in accordance with Regulation 21.5.6.22, an update must be filed by an authorised third party so that the Whereabouts Filing remains accurate at all times. (c) For Players in the Registered Testing Pool, if an update is not made by an authorised third party, and as a result an attempt to test the Player during the 60-minute time slot is unsuccessful then (subject to the requirements of Regulation 21.5.6.23) the Player will remain liable for a Missed Test under Regulation 21.5.6.27. (d) For Players in the Testing Pool if an update to a Whereabouts Filing is not made by an authorised third party, and as a result an attempt to the test the Player within a 24-hour period is unsuccessful, then (subject to the requirements of Regulation 21.5.6.24) the Player will remain liable for a Missed Test under Regulation 21.5.6.27. 21.5.6.21 Availability for Testing – Registered Testing Pool and Testing Pool (a) A Player in the Registered Testing Pool must specifically be present and available for Testing on any given day in the relevant quarter for the 60-minute time slot specified for that day in his Whereabouts Filing, at the location that the Player has specified for that time slot in such filing. If a Player fails to remain at the nominated location for the full 60-minute period he runs the risk of a potential Missed Test if the DCO arrives during the 60-minute period but after the Player’s departure. (b) A Player in the Testing Pool must specifically be present and available for Testing at any one of his specified locations in his Whereabouts Filing during the nominated time period over a 24-hour period on any given day during the season. This shall include at a minimum nominated Team Activities (Club, Rugby Body and/or national Team) and nominated residential address. The 24-hour period is deemed to commence from when the DCO arrives at the first specified location in the Whereabouts Filing. The DCO shall ordinarily only visit each whereabouts location once unless the DCO Last update: 14 January, 2015 340
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