REGULATION 21 21.10.6 Elimination, Reduction, or Suspension of Period of Ineligibility or other Consequences for Reasons Other than Fault 21.10.6.1 Substantial Assistance in Discovering or Establishing Anti-Doping Rule Violations 21.10.6.1.1 World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) may, prior to a final appellate decision under Regulation 21.13 or the expiration of the time to appeal, suspend a part of the period of Ineligibility imposed in an individual case in which it has results management authority where the Player or other Person has provided Substantial Assistance to an Anti-Doping Organisation, criminal authority or professional disciplinary body which results in: (i) the Anti- Doping Organisation discovering or bringing forward an anti-doping rule violation by another Person, or (ii) which results in a criminal or disciplinary body discovering or bringing forward a criminal offense or the breach of professional rules committed by another Person and the information provided by the Person providing Substantial Assistance is made available to World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable). After a final appellate decision under Regulation 21.13 or the expiration of time to appeal, World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) may only suspend a part of the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility with the approval of WADA. The extent to which the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility may be suspended shall be based on the seriousness of the anti-doping rule violation committed by the Player or other Person and the significance of the Substantial Assistance provided by the Player or other Person to the effort to eliminate doping in sport. No more than three-quarters of the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility may be suspended. If the otherwise applicable period of Ineligibility is a lifetime, the non-suspended period under this Regulation must be no less than eight years. If the Player or other Person fails to continue to cooperate and to provide the complete and credible Substantial Assistance upon which a suspension of the period of Ineligibility was based, World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) shall reinstate the original period of Ineligibility. If World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) decides to reinstate a suspended period of Ineligibility or decides not to reinstate a suspended period of Ineligibility, that decision may be appealed by any Person entitled to appeal under Regulation 21.13. 21.10.6.1.2 To further encourage Players and other Persons to provide Substantial Assistance to Anti-Doping Organisations, at the request of World Rugby (or the Association, Union or Tournament Organiser handling the case as applicable) or at the request of the Player or other Person who has (or has been asserted to have) committed an anti-doping rule violation, WADA may agree at any stage of the results management process, including after a final appellate decision under Regulation 21.13, to what it considers to be an appropriate suspension of the otherwise-applicable period of Ineligibility and other Consequences. In exceptional Last update: 14 January, 2015 368
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