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REGULATION 17 17.33 Judicial Officer – Power to Regulate Own Procedures 17.33.1 In Sevens, any case involving an Ordering Off, Citing, Temporary Suspensions will be adjudicated on by a Judicial Officer who shall act as sole arbiter. 17.33.2 Any matters not provided for in these Modified Procedures for Sevens or Regulation 17 shall in the first instance be referred to a Judicial Officer who shall deal with such matter as he sees fit. 17.34 Sanctions in a Sevens context 17.34.1 The World Rugby’s Sanctions for Foul Play set out in Appendix 1 have been established on the basis that a one week period of suspension would normally result in a Player missing one Match of Fifteens. During a Sevens Tournament, Players may participate or participating Unions may be scheduled to participate in several Matches per day. When determining the appropriate periods of suspension, a Judicial Officer should take cognisance of the fact that during a Sevens Tournament or Series of Matches a Player may miss more than one Match as a result of being made subject to a week’s suspension and may impose a suspension based on a number of Tournament Matches. In this respect the Judicial Officer shall have regard to the overall impact of the suspension. This provision does not preclude the imposition of periods of suspension running beyond a Player’s participation in the Tournament. 17.34.2 The Judicial Officer shall convey his decision using the standard form (a copy of which appears as Form 6 at Appendix 2 of this Regulation 17) or otherwise in writing as soon as reasonably practicable to the Player, to the teams involved in the Match, the appointed disciplinary officer and to World Rugby. The decision shall be binding on the Player as soon as he, his representative, or his team is notified of the decision. “Decision” shall have the meaning set out in Regulation 17.22.1. 17.35 Temporary Suspension and Citing Commissioner Warning 17.35.1 The provisions of Regulation 17.25 shall apply to Temporary Suspensions and Citing Commissioner Warnings in Sevens save as set out below: (a) The maximum period of suspension shall not exceed 2 minutes and does not include half-time for time-keeping purposes. If the period of suspension continues beyond the half-time interval, the suspended Player is not permitted contact with his team. (b) The report which may be in the standard form shall be forwarded to the nominated officer of the Host Union or Tournament Organiser as soon as reasonably practicable and ordinarily within 2 hours of the completion of the Match in which the Temporary Suspension was imposed. (c) The Host Union or Tournament Organiser shall forward a copy of the report to the relevant parties within 4 hours of receipt. Such report shall clearly state that the Player has the right to challenge the Last update: 14 January, 2015 267


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