REGULATION 17 in this Regulation may be adopted by the Tournament Organiser or other body designated by World Rugby. (b) World Rugby shall make the relevant appointments in accordance with Regulation 17 and 18 for all World Rugby Matches. 17.4.3 International Tournaments and Cross-Border Matches (a) In respect of International Tournaments, the appointment and administration of Disciplinary Tribunals and Citing Commissioners may be delegated by the relevant Unions to an international Tournament Organiser subject to such body adopting disciplinary rules in compliance with this Regulation. (b) The Host Union or duly recognised Tournament Organiser shall be responsible for putting in place the disciplinary procedures and appointing the Disciplinary Tribunals and Citing Commissioners for the International Tournament or Cross-Border Match(es) in accordance with this Regulation. (c) The Host Union or duly recognised Tournament Organiser shall also put in place an agreement with all participating teams to ensure the teams and their Unions or Rugby Bodies (as appropriate) acknowledge and agree to the disciplinary rules for the International Tournament or Cross-Border Match(es), which shall be compliant with Regulation 17. 17.4.4 Non-International Matches Subject to Regulation 17.4.1 to 17.4.3, responsibility for Matches shall be that of the Union in whose territory such Matches are played and that Union is responsible for ensuring compliance with Regulation 17. 17.4.5 If the Disciplinary Officer (or his nominee), considers that a Union or Association is not applying, or in a particular case did not apply disciplinary rules and procedures in accordance with this Regulation, he may take disciplinary action against the Union or Association concerned on behalf of World Rugby. 17.4.6 All Unions, Associations and Tournament Organisers shall provide to World Rugby, upon request, their disciplinary rules and procedures. 17.4.7 All disciplinary case decisions shall be made available to World Rugby upon request and in relation to all decisions in International Matches and Matches which form part of International Tours shall be immediately provided to World Rugby in writing for inclusion in the World Rugby judicial database (to discipline@worldrugby.org) by the responsible Union or Tournament Organiser. 17.5. Merit Based Appointment Scheme 17.5.1 The merit based appointment scheme was established by Council to permit the independent appointment by World Rugby of Citing Last update: 14 January, 2015 241
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